Cow Bayou
Bayou in Texas
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A bridge that crosses the Cow Bayou
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Source | Sabine River |
Mouth | Sabine River |
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30°01′19″N 93°44′43″W / 30.02194°N 93.74528°W / 30.02194; -93.74528 |
Length | 30 mi (48 km) |
Cow Bayou is a bayou in Orange County and Japser County in the U.S. state of Texas . [1] It was formed by the Gum Slough and Dognash Gully. The bayou runs through the cities of Buna , Mauriceville Vidor , and Bridge City . There are 3 tributaries of the Cow Bayou, which includes Cole Creek, Terry Gully, and Coon Bayou. [2]
History
In the early 1910s, the bayou was formed by rice farmers. Since rice production skyrocketed over there, By 1911 almost all farmers in Orange County were using the bayou. [3] In 1940 the Cow Bayou Swing Bridge was created, the bridge was the last major component constructed along Texas State Highway 87 . The bridge is 806 feet long and has 2 lanes. [4] In 1963 Congress improved the bayou by constructing a channel 100 feet wide and thirteen feet deep for 7.7 miles from its mouth to Orangefield . It wasn't till 1967 when the project came into effect since oil wells were blocking the construction plan. [5]
Fleash-eating bacteria was found in September 17, 2022, when a resident went into the water. This is the first case of flesh eating bacteria in Orange County. [6] Officials have been warning residents about the flesh eating bacteria since the attack. [7]
Wildlife
Marine mammals:
- West Indian manatee (very common) [8]
- Bottlenose dolphin (common)) [9]
- Bull shark (common) [10]
- Hammerhead shark (very rarely)
- Blacktip shark (common)
- American alligator (very rare) [11]
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West Indian manatee
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Bottlenose dolphin
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Bull shark
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Hammerhead shark
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Blacktip shark
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American alligator
Smaller fish species:
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Common name | Taxa | Common name | Taxa | Common name | |
Anchoa mitchilli | Bay anchovy | Gobinellus boleosoma | Darter goby | Microgobius gulosus | Clown goby |
Fundulus blairae | Blair's starhead topminnow | Gobiosoma bosc | Naked goby | Mugil cephalus | Striped mullet |
Brevoortia patronus | Gulf menhaden | Leiostomus xanthurus | Spot | Notropis emiliae | Pugnose minnow |
Citharichthys spilopterus | Bay whiff | Lepomis macrochirus | Bluegill sunfish | Percina sciera | Dusky darter |
Etheostoma chlorosomum | Bluntnose darter | Lepomis microlophus | Redear sunfish | Pimephales vigilax | Bullhead minnow |
Fundulus chrysotus | Golden topminnow | Lepomis punctatus | Spotted sunfish | Syngnathus scovelli | Gulf pipefish |
Fundulus grandis | Gulf killifish | Lepomis | Sunfish | ||
Fundulus notatus | Blackstripe topminnow | Lucania parva | Rainwater killifish | ||
Gambusia affinis | Mosquitofish | Menidia beryllina | Tidewater silverside |
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Golden topminnow, Fundulus chrysotus , Mississippi
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Alligator gar, Atractosteus spatula , Brazos River system
Big fish species:
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Common name | Taxa | Common name | Taxa | Common name | |
Aplodinotus grunniens | Freshwater drum | Dorosoma cepedianum | Gizzard shad | Ictalurus furcatus | Blue catfish |
Ictalurus punctatus | Channel catfish | Ictiobus bubalus | Smallmouth buffalo | Lepisosteus oculatus | Spotted gar |
Lepisosteus spatula | Alligator gar | Micropogon undulatus | Croaker | Micropterus salmoides | Largemouth bass |
Minytrema melanops | Spotted sucker | Morone mississippiensis | Yellow bass | Mugil cephalus | Striped mullet |
Paralichthys lethostigma | Southern flounder | Pomoxis annularis | White crappie | Pomoxis nigromaculatus | Black crappie |
Strongylura marina | Atlantic needlefish | Oncorhynchus mykiss | Rainbow trout | Sciaenops ocellatus | Red drum |
Pogonias cromis | Black drum | Herichthys cyanoguttatus | Yellow bullhead | ||
Oreochromis niloticus | Nile tilapia | Archosargus probatocephalus | Sheepshead | ||
Ameiurus melas | Black bullhead | Ariopsis felis | Hardhead catfish |
See also
References
- ↑ "Cow Bayou" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved December 8, 2022 .
- ↑ "Adams Bayou and Cow Bayou Watersheds: A Community Project to Protect Aquatic Life and Recreational Uses" . Texas Commission on Environmental Quality . Retrieved 2022-12-03 .
- ↑ "TSHA | Cow Bayou (Jasper County)" . www.tshaonline.org . Retrieved 2022-12-07 .
- ↑ "Cow Bayou Swing Bridge Historical Marker" . www.hmdb.org . Retrieved 2022-12-07 .
- ↑ Whisenant, Adam; Contreras, Cindy (September 1, 2008). "Cow Bayou Tidal (Segment 0511)" (PDF) . Texas Parks and Wildlife Department . 1 (3): 29.
- ↑ Batson, Monique (2022-10-05). "Southeast Texas man recovering after losing leg to flesh-eating bacteria" . Port Arthur News . Retrieved 2022-12-10 .
- ↑ "Bridge City man has leg amputated after being exposed to flesh-eating bacteria in Cow Bayou" . MSN . Retrieved 2022-12-10 .
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: CS1 maint: url-status ( link ) - ↑ "Eastern District of Texas | Orange County Brothers Guilty of Killing Bottlenose Dolphin in Cow Bayou United States Department of Justice" . www.justice.gov . 2015-03-12 . Retrieved 2022-12-10 .
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Davis, Johnathen (February 9, 2016).
"Coastal Ecosystems are Habitats Shared by Sharks and Humans"
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: CS1 maint: url-status ( link ) - ↑ Thompson, David (2016-06-09). "Snakes, alligators become nuisance in Southeast Texas after rainfall" . Beaumont Enterprise . Retrieved 2022-12-12 .
- 1 2 Linam, Gordon; Kleinsasser, Leroy. "Fisheries Use Attainability Study for Cow Bayou (Segment 0511)" (PDF) . Resource Protection Division Texas Parks and Wildlife Department . 5 (5): 7, 8.