Zacate Creek is inside Laredo, Texas city limits and runs southwest for 10 miles until it connects to the Rio Grande. Zacate Creek has several ditches leading to it. The terrain surrounding the creek is mostly clay. The vegetation surrounding the creek is mostly made up of mesquite, cacti, and grasses. Zacate Creek and branches cross several highways in Laredo, Texas among them are: Interstate 35, United States Route 59, Texas State Highway Spur 400, Texas State Highway 359, and United States Route 83.[1] The northern branch of the Zacate Creek has a small dam which formed a pond located in Northeast Laredo which is usually filled during storms. The city of Laredo has developed the Zacate Creek Park and the Zacate Creek Greenway, a three mile trail near the creek.[2]
zacate, creek, inside, laredo, texas, city, limits, runs, southwest, miles, until, connects, grande, several, ditches, leading, terrain, surrounding, creek, mostly, clay, vegetation, surrounding, creek, mostly, made, mesquite, cacti, grasses, branches, cross, . Zacate Creek is inside Laredo Texas city limits and runs southwest for 10 miles until it connects to the Rio Grande Zacate Creek has several ditches leading to it The terrain surrounding the creek is mostly clay The vegetation surrounding the creek is mostly made up of mesquite cacti and grasses Zacate Creek and branches cross several highways in Laredo Texas among them are Interstate 35 United States Route 59 Texas State Highway Spur 400 Texas State Highway 359 and United States Route 83 1 The northern branch of the Zacate Creek has a small dam which formed a pond located in Northeast Laredo which is usually filled during storms The city of Laredo has developed the Zacate Creek Park and the Zacate Creek Greenway a three mile trail near the creek 2 Zacate CreekA northern branch of Zacate CreekPhysical characteristicsSource locationLaredo Texas elevation423 ft 130 m Mouth locationRio Grande at Laredo Texas elevation352 ft 110 m Length10 mi 16 km Contents 1 Battle of Laredo 2 Coordinates 3 See also 4 ReferencesBattle of Laredo editDuring the American Civil War Laredo was a main route to export cotton to Mexico on behalf of the Confederate States On March 18 1864 Major Alfred Holt led a Union Army detachment of about 200 men from Brownsville Texas to destroy 5 000 bales of cotton stacked at the San Agustin Plaza Colonel Santos Benavides commanded 42 men and repelled three Union attacks at Zacate Creek in what is known as the Battle of Laredo 3 4 Coordinates editSource 27 32 22 85 N 99 30 00 07 W 27 5396806 N 99 5000194 W 27 5396806 99 5000194 in Laredo Texas Mouth 27 29 56 05 N 99 29 39 50 W 27 4989028 N 99 4943056 W 27 4989028 99 4943056 Rio GrandeSee also editList of rivers of Texas List of tributaries of the Rio GrandeReferences edit Handbook of Texas Online accessed November 25 2008 texastrails org Zacate Creek Greenway Handbook of Texas Online Colonel Santos Benavides accessed November 25 2008 Webb County Heritage Foundation War on the Rio Grande nbsp This article about a location in Webb County Texas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to a river in Texas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zacate Creek amp oldid 1192240949, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
