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A serene lake view with a small dock, surrounded by grassy terrain and distant trees under a clear blue sky.

McLennan and Hill Counties Tehuacana Creek Water Control & Improvement District #1

Tehuacana Creek (Segment 1242N) is an unclassified water body in the Brazos River basin located northeast of Waco. This intermittent stream with perennial pools is the main drainage for the eastern part of McLennan County before joining the Brazos River (Figure 1).

The image outlines components of a watershed: ridges, hillslopes, channels, floodplains, riparian zones, vegetation, soils, aquifers, and bedrock.

History of District

A watershed is the geographical boundary within which water flows after a storm event. A typical watershed is depicted in Diagram 1below.