Temperature 68 °F (20 °C) Country United States of America | Elevation 334 m | |
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Name origin Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Gaspar Castaño de Sosa Location Fort Clark, Brackettville, Texas Discharge Daily average:
12,000,000 US gallons (45,000,000 L) 14,000,000 US gallons (53,000,000 L) | ||
Las Moras Springs,"The Mulberries" in Spanish, are a group of springs near Brackettville in Kinney County, Texas.
Map of Las Moras Spring, Texas, USA
Las Moras Springs are located on the grounds of Fort Clark in Brackettville and were the reason for the location of the fort and the settlement there. The springs are the ninth largest group of springs in Texas, discharging an average of about 12-14 million gallons per day. They are artesian springs arising from a fault overlying the Edwards limestone. It emerges at an elevation of about 1,096 feet. The springs fill a large walled-in area some of which spills into a 300-foot long swimming pool. Its excess flows into a bypass channel around the pool. Below the pool, both discharges combine and form the headwaters of the section of Las Moras Creek that flows year around to the Rio Grande.