Crockett County/Texas Counties Power Trail #053 Traditional Cache
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Crockett County/Texas Counties Power Trail #053
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Crockett County is a county located on the Edwards
Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was
4,099. Crockett County was founded in 1875. It is named in honor of
Davy Crockett, the legendary frontiersman who died at the Battle of
the Alamo. The county seat is Ozona.
Crockett County is located in southwestern Texas on the western
edge of the Edwards Plateau. It is bounded on the west by the Pecos
River, which separates it from Terrell and Pecos counties. Its
northern border is formed by Crane, Upton, Reagan, and Irion
counties, while Schleicher and Sutton counties border it on the
east and Val Verde County on the south. Ozona, the county seat and
only town, is located eighty-two miles southwest of San Angelo. The
center point of the county is at 30°41' north latitude and 101°21'
west longitude. Crockett County comprises 2,806 square miles. The
terrain consists of deep, narrow, steep-walled canyons and flat
mesas in the southern and western areas. Broad valleys and flat
divides characterize the northern part. The northeastern part is a
large flat divide separating the Colorado River and Rio Grande
basins. The surface geology is Cretaceous. The soils are dark,
calcareous, stony clays and clay loams. The western half of the
county is desert shrub savanna, and the eastern half is juniper,
oak, and mesquite savanna. Altitudes vary from 1,500 feet above sea
level in the southwest to 2,800 feet above sea level in the
northwest. Temperatures vary from an average low of 32° F in
January to an average high of 96° in July. The average rainfall is
eighteen inches per year. The growing season extends across 233
days. Numerous draws, dry most of the year, drain the county during
floods and empty into the Devils and Pecos rivers. Johnsons Run and
Howard Draw bisect the central area before reaching the Devils and
the Pecos, respectively, in Val Verde County. Live Oak Creek runs
to the south from the northwest and enters the Pecos at Lancaster
Hill. The dry bed of Spring Creek originates in the northeastern
corner of the county and extends northeast to the Middle Concho
River.
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