The Double Mountain Fork Brazos River is an ephemeral, sandy-braided stream about 280 km (174 mi) long, heading on the Llano Estacado

Llano Estacado

Llano Estacado , commonly known as the Staked Plains, is a region in the Southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas, including the South Plains and parts of the Texas Panhandle...

 of West Texas

West Texas

West Texas is a vernacular term applied to a region in the southwestern quadrant of the United States that primarily encompasses the arid and semi-arid lands in the western portion of the state of Texas....

 about 18.5 km (11.5 mi) southeast of Tahoka, Texas

Tahoka, Texas

Tahoka is a city in and the county seat of Lynn County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,910 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Tahoka is located at ....

, flowing east-northeast across the western Rolling Plains to join the Salt Fork, forming the Brazos River

Brazos River

The Brazos River, called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers , is the longest river in Texas and the 11th longest river in the United States at from its source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a drainage...

 about 27 km (16.8 mi) west-northwest of Haskell, Texas

Haskell, Texas

Haskell is a city in central Haskell County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,106. It is the county seat of Haskell County.-Geography:Haskell is located at ....

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Geography

The Double Mountain Fork Brazos River begins as a slight depression near the eastern edge of the Llano Estacado

Llano Estacado

Llano Estacado , commonly known as the Staked Plains, is a region in the Southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas, including the South Plains and parts of the Texas Panhandle...

 in Lynn County, about 5 km (3.1 mi) northeast of the small farming community of Draw, Texas. The stream generally runs eastward across southern Garza County

Garza County, Texas

Garza County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas southeast of Lubbock. In 2000, its population was 4,872. Its county seat is Post. Garza is named for a pioneer Bexar County family, as it was once a part of that county....

, where it is fed by springs, providing a minimal base flow that is intermittently punctuated by rainfall and associated runoff. At the western edge of Kent County, approximately 20 km (12.4 mi) east-northeast of Justiceburg

Justiceburg, Texas

Justiceburg is an unincorporated community in Garza County, Texas, United States. It is located along the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River, 15 miles southeast of the county seat, Post.-Geography:...

, the Double Mountain Fork merges with the North Fork Double Mountain Fork. The Double Mountain Fork then continues eastward across southern Kent County, northwestern Fisher County and into southern Stonewall County, where it passes to the south of Double Mountain

Double Mountain (Texas)

Double Mountain is the name of a pair of flat-topped buttes located southwest of Aspermont in Stonewall County, Texas. While the Handbook of Texas gives their elevation as either or , United States Geological Survey maps give the elevation of the western mountain as and that of the eastern...

, a pair of flat-topped hills located 21 km (13 mi) southwest of Aspermont, Texas

Aspermont, Texas

Aspermont is a town in and the county seat of Stonewall County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,021 at the 2000 census. Aspermont means "rough mountain" in Latin....

. Double Mountain

Double Mountain (Texas)

Double Mountain is the name of a pair of flat-topped buttes located southwest of Aspermont in Stonewall County, Texas. While the Handbook of Texas gives their elevation as either or , United States Geological Survey maps give the elevation of the western mountain as and that of the eastern...

 forms part of the high ground dividing the watersheds of the Salt Fork to the north and the Double Mountain Fork to the south. To the east of Double Mountain

Double Mountain (Texas)

Double Mountain is the name of a pair of flat-topped buttes located southwest of Aspermont in Stonewall County, Texas. While the Handbook of Texas gives their elevation as either or , United States Geological Survey maps give the elevation of the western mountain as and that of the eastern...

, the Double Mountain Fork flows into western Haskell County

Haskell County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, 6,093 people, 2,569 households, and 1,775 families resided in the county. The population density was 7 people per square mile . There were 3,555 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile...

, before turning north and back westward into eastern Stonewall County where it merges with the Salt Fork to form the Brazos River

Brazos River

The Brazos River, called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers , is the longest river in Texas and the 11th longest river in the United States at from its source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a drainage...

 (proper), northeast of Aspermont, Texas

Aspermont, Texas

Aspermont is a town in and the county seat of Stonewall County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,021 at the 2000 census. Aspermont means "rough mountain" in Latin....

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Proper name

According to a 1964 decision by the United States Board on Geographical Names, this tributary of the Brazos is properly called the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River, and should not be called the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River or Double Mountain Fork of Brazos River.

See also

• Brazos River
  Brazos River
  The Brazos River, called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers , is the longest river in Texas and the 11th longest river in the United States at from its source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a drainage...
  
  
• Yellow House Canyon
  Yellow House Canyon
  Yellow House Canyon is a canyon that is about long, heading in Lubbock, Texas, at the junction of Blackwater Draw and Yellow House Draw, and trending generally southeastward to the edge of the Llano Estacado about east of Slaton, Texas; it forms one of three major canyons along the east side of...
  
  
• White River (Texas)
  White River (Texas)
  The White River is an intermittent stream in the South Plains of Texas and a tributary of the Brazos River of the United States. It rises west of Floydada in southwestern Floyd County at the confluence of Callahan and Runningwater Draws. From there, it runs southeast for to its mouth on the...
  
  
• Blanco Canyon
  Blanco Canyon
  Blanco Canyon is a canyon located in the U.S. state of Texas. Eroded by the White River into the Caprock Escarpment on the east side of the Llano Estacado, the canyon runs for in a southeasterly direction, gradually widening from its beginning in southwestern Floyd County to across at its mouth...
  
  
• Double Mountain (Texas)
  Double Mountain (Texas)
  Double Mountain is the name of a pair of flat-topped buttes located southwest of Aspermont in Stonewall County, Texas. While the Handbook of Texas gives their elevation as either or , United States Geological Survey maps give the elevation of the western mountain as and that of the eastern...
  
  
• Caprock Escarpment
  Caprock Escarpment
  The Caprock Escarpment is a term used in Texas and Eastern New Mexico to describe the geographical transition point between the level elevated plains of the Llano Estacado and the surrounding rolling terrain. In Texas, the escarpment stretches around 320 km south-southwest from the northeast...