| Comanche Springs | |
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| Name origin | Awache (Wide Water) |
| Location | Fort Stockton, Pecos County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 30°52′54″N 102°52′44″W / 30.88167°N 102.87889°W |
| Spring source | Edwards Aquifer |
| Elevation | 2,940 feet (896.1 m) |
| Type | Artesian aquifer |
| Provides water for | Rio Grande |
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Comanche Springs was an aquifer of six artesian springs geographically located between the Edwards Plateau and the Trans-Pecos regions of West Texas.[1][2] The military fortification Camp Stockton was built around the springs, eventually growing become the city of Fort Stockton.
The groundwater source originated from a Comanchean limestone fault combined within the bountiful Edwards Aquifer and the Glass Mountains.[3][4] The natural spring has a physical geography routing north through Comanche Creek forming a confluence with Leon Creek and the Pecos River.[5] The alluvial river is a tributary to the Rio Grande.
- ^ "Plateaus and Canyonlands". Texas Beyond History. University of Texas at Austin.
- ^ "Trans Pecos Mountains & Basins". Texas Beyond History. University of Texas at Austin.
- ^ "Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone Geologic Map, South-Central Texas", U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior
- ^ "Glass Mountains". TSHA Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Comanche Springs