Table 7. Stream-habitat and biological integrity scores for selected reaches
[H–GAC, Houston-Galveston Area Council; --, not applicable; FM, farm road]
Site
(reach name) |
H–GAC
identification no. (fig. 1) |
Integrity score
|
303(d) listed segment1 |
|
Stream
habitat |
Biological |
|||
| Big Creek in Big Creek scenic area/Sam Houston National Forest | BIGC0015 | 8 |
15 |
-- |
| Branch Creek at FM 1375 bridge | BRAN0011 | 7 |
17 |
-- |
| Buffalo Bayou at Eldridge Pkwy. | BUFF0005 | 10 |
13 |
-- |
| Buffalo Bayou at West Belt Dr. | BUFF3600 | 7 |
5 |
-- |
| Buffalo Bayou at Houston | BUFF4000 | 2 |
5 |
-- |
| Caney Creek near Willis | CANY0017 | 10 |
15 |
-- |
| Caney Creek near New Caney | CANY0020 | 10 |
19 |
-- |
| Cedar Bayou near Crosby | CEDR7500 | 6 |
14 |
-- |
| Cypress Creek west of I–45 and north of FM 1960 at Cypresswood | CYPR1324 | 7 |
17 |
yes |
| Cypress Creek at Kuykendahl Rd. bridge | CYPR1329 | 4 |
15 |
yes |
| Cypress Creek at Grant Rd. | CYPR8800 | 4 |
10 |
yes |
| East Fork San Jacinto River at FM 945 | EFSJ0016 | 7 |
19 |
-- |
| East Fork San Jacinto River near New Caney | EFSJ0200 | 10 |
17 |
-- |
| East Fork San Jacinto River on FM 2025 | EFSJ1237 | 11 |
18 |
-- |
| Greens Bayou at Mt. Houston Pkwy. | GREN0034 | 2 |
8 |
yes |
| Lake Creek at FM 149 | LAKE0012 | 6 |
19 |
-- |
| Lake Creek near Egypt | LAKE1367 | 10 |
18 |
-- |
| Langham Creek at Patterson Rd. | LANG0003 | 5 |
5 |
-- |
| Luce Bayou above Lake Houston near Huffman | LUCE1280 | 11 |
19 |
-- |
| Panther Creek at The Woodlands | PANT0040 | 10 |
19 |
-- |
| Spring Branch Creek at State 242/FM 2090 | SPRB0022 | 3 |
12 |
-- |
| Spring Creek at Riley Fuzzel | SPRI0023 | 6 |
14 |
-- |
| Spring Creek near Tomball | SPRI0024 | 8 |
17 |
yes |
| Spring Creek on Robert Cemetery Rd. | SPRI0027 | 10 |
15 |
yes |
| Spring Creek at Spring (I–45 bridge) | SPRI8500 | 6 |
11 |
-- |
| Walnut Creek near Magnolia | WALN0026 | 7 |
17 |
-- |
| West Fork San Jacinto River at State 30 | WFSJ0010 | 5 |
10 |
-- |
| West Fork San Jacinto River near Conroe at I–45 | WFSJ8000 | 10 |
12 |
-- |
| West Fork San Jacinto River above Lake Houston near Porter | WFSJ8090 | 6 |
22 |
-- |
| Willow Creek near Tomball | WILL8325 | 5 |
8 |
-- |
| White Oak Bayou at Bingle Rd. | WOAK1394 | 1 |
10 |
yes |
1Threatened or impaired water in Texas (Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, 1999).