Clear Creek (Harris County, Texas)

Clear Creek
Clear Creek from Bay Area Boulevard
Country	United States
Basin
Main source	Blue Ridge Oilfield, Fort Bend County, Texas
River mouth	Clear Lake, Harris County, Texas
Basin size	Cleer Creek Watershed

Clear Creek is a small river in Southeast Texas in the United States, which channels much of the run-off in southeast Harris County into Clear Lake and Galveston Bay. Much of the length of the stream forms the boundary between Harris County and Galveston County and all of the boundary with Brazoria County. It originates in the Blue Ridge Oilfield in Fort Bend County.

Water Quality

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has issued a Fish Consumption Advisory for Clear Creek due to the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The advisory states "Persons should not consume any species of fish from these waters."^[1]

Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land

Counties	Austin Brazoria Chambers Fort Bend Galveston Harris Liberty Montgomery Waller

"Principal" cities	Houston The Woodlands Sugar Land Baytown Conroe

Other cities	Alvin Angleton Bellaire Clute Deer Park Dickinson Freeport Friendswood Galena Park Galveston Humble Jacinto City Katy Lake Jackson La Marque La Porte League City Manvel Missouri City Pasadena Pearland Richmond Rosenberg South Houston Stafford Texas City West University Place For a complete listing, see list of cities and towns in Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land MSA

Unincorporated areas	Atascocita Channelview Cloverleaf Crosby Cypress Fresno Hockley Klein Port Bolivar Spring The Woodlands

Bodies of water	Buffalo Bayou Galveston Bay Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Houston Ship Channel San Jacinto River Trinity River Lake Houston Lake Conroe

State of Texas

Austin (capital)

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Counties	See: List of counties in Texas

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