Zilker Park,
Barton Springs Pool, Barton Hills Elementary School, Gus Fruh
District Park, Village of Bee Cave, Barton Creek Greenbelt
Land Use
Residential
Business
Civic
Parks
Roadways
Undeveloped
7%
1%
0%
10%
2%
79%
Watershed Facts
The Barton Creek watershed is over three
times the size of all other watersheds draining into Town Lake.
The city's longest greenbelt trail system
is located along Barton Creek.
There are 60 springs and 20 caves in the
Barton Creek Watershed.
Barton Springs is the major discharge point
for the Edward's Aquifer and habitat for the Barton
Springs salamander, a protected endangered species.
Barton Creek is often used as a comparison
creek for other watersheds because it has the least development
(11%) and ecological impairment.
Eight square miles of the watershed are in
the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone where water travels through
caves and sinkholes to "recharge" the aquifer; another
112 square miles are in the contributing zone, where water travels
over land to the creeks of the recharge zone.
City staff finds limited baseflow
at most monitoring sites along Barton Creek
