River Mouth Facts II

Posted Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Organizing Committee Members
Roy and Jan Edwards

On March 1, we posted River Mouth Facts I.  Below are River Mouth Facts II. There will be several other installments.

  • 9.936 miles – the distance between the mouth of the Brazos River and the San Bernard River – 1928 (COE study 2002)

  • 6.52 miles – the distance the mouth of the Brazos was moved in 1929 (COE study 2002)

  • 3.416 miles – the distance between the mouth of the “new Brazos” and the mouth of the San Bernard River  - 1930 (COE study 2002)

  • Early 1940’s – the time the Intracoastal Canal was completed from the Brazos to the San Bernard (COE study – 2002)

  • 175 feet wide by 12 feet deep – design dimensions of the “old Intracoastal Canal” (Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association -GICA – 2005)

  • 12 – the number of “ major accidents” at the east flood gate of the Brazos River  - 2005 (Congressman Ron Paul – 2006)

  • 25 – the number of “major accidents” at the west flood gate of the Brazos River – 2005 (Congressman Ron Paul – 2006)

  • 142,000 gallons – the liquid capacity of petroleum products of the average barge – (Kirby Corp. – 2005)

  • 29 million tons – the annual cargo carried by barge in the Intracoastal Canal in Brazoria County – (GICA – 2005)

  • 3 – the number of push boats sometimes needed to “push the current” and control one loaded barge through the west flood gate of the Brazos when the full flow of the San Bernard River collides with the incoming tide in the Brazos River – (GICA 2005)

  • 235,000 cubic yards  - the amount of sand / silt discharged yearly into the Gulf  by the Brazos River – (COE  study 2002)

  • 176,000 cubic yards  - the amount of sand / silt from the Brazos River carried SW by the long shore current yearly across the mouth of the San Bernard River – (COE study 2002)

 

River Mouth Facts I here
 

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