PERCEIVED RISK AND THE SITING OF A CONTROVERSIAL ...

5.5. Bull Hide Creek
According to the Handbook of Texas Online, Bull Hide creek:
rises three miles south of Woodway in south central McLennan County (at
31 23’ N, 97°01’W) and runs southeast for 19 miles to its mouth on the Brazos
River, four miles east of Golinda in Falls County (at 31 28’ N, 97°15’W). The
stream in intermittent in its upper reaches and has springs, pools and steady flows
south of the proposed plant site. It was named for a bull hide that was hung on a
tree by a hunter in the late 1800’s. The creek crosses flat to rolling prairie with
locally steep slopes, surfaced by expansive clays and clay loams that support
juniper, oak, mesquite, and grasses in its upper and middle reaches and water
tolerant hardwoods and conifers downstream (Texas State Historical Association,
1999). Figure 3 shows the area of the creek that will receive the discharge from
the wastewater treatment plant. This picture was taken during the winter drought
and the limestone floor and banks of the creek are visible.
Figure 3: Bull Hide Creek at Cooksey Lane, February 24, 2009
(Looking downstream toward the plant site from Cooksey Lane during a dry period.)
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