Big Branch

Big Branch is a stream in Grimes, Texas. Big Branch is situated nearby to the hamlet Carlos, as well as near the locality Anderson-Bedias.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gibbons Creek Reservoir.

Gibbons Creek Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Pmelton87, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gibbons Creek Reservoir on Gibbons Creek in the Navasota River basin, 20 miles east of College Station, Texas, United States. Initially impounded in 1981, the reservoir was built as a power plant cooling reservoir for the Gibbons Creek Steam Electric Station, generating electricity for the municipally-owned electric utilities of the cities of Bryan, Denton, Garland, and Greenville until 2018. Gibbons Creek Reservoir is situated 2½ miles north of Big Branch.

Big Branch

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Grimes, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

30.59659° or 30° 35′ 48″ north

Longitude

-96.06468° or 96° 3′ 53″ west

Elevation

210 feet (64 metres)

Open location code

8625HWWP+J4

GeoNames ID

4674137

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Localities in the Area

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