About+Cibolo+Creek+(Abiotic+Factors)

90 I.History & events on Cibolo Creek

In 1988 Carolyn Chipman Evans urged the City of Boerne to restore disappearing marshland and create nature trails in 100 acres of the existing city park. The land was originally going to be turned into a sewage treatment facility, but the Evans family and others fought hard to save the nature center. Eventually they filled a town hall meeting with children and convinced the city to protect the Cibolo creek, marsh, prarie and woodland ecosystems. On Earth Day 1990 the Cibolo Nature Center opened to the public.

Throughout history, the Cibolo creek was used by Native Americans and buffalo in the area. Cibolo Creek was called "Xoloton" by the early Indians of the area and "Bata Coniquiyoqui" by Tonkawa Indians. During the expedition of the Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo in 1721 the stream was named "Río Cibolo." In 1768 the Marqués de Rubí included Cibolo Creek in his list of potential sites for posts to solidify the Spanish hold on Texas. In the late 1840s and early 1850s the communities of Schertz, Sutherland Springs, Cibolo, Boerne, La Vernia, and Bulverde were established along the creek. In the 1852 Dr. Ferdinand Herff purchased large amounts of land around the creek and established Herff ranch.

Today, portions of Cibolo creek are open to the public for recreational use. Artists come from all around to paint by the creek, fishermen to fish and scientists come to study the ecosystem in and around the Cibolo creek.



II. Abiotic Factors

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 * Located 30 miles north of west San Antonio
 * Precipitation in Kendall county/Boerne area
 * 34.3 inches average
 * Tributaries: The Cibolo Creek flows out of the Guadalupe River and into the San Antonio River
 * Average Depth: 2.5 ft.
 * The Cibolo Creek runs about 100 miles
 * The Creek has a 20 ft waterfall known as Herff Falls
 * The Creek is one of the last natural habitats for pure bred Guadalupe Big Mouth Bass, the state fish of Texas.