Las Moras Springs

Las Moras Springs are located on the grounds of Fort Clark in Brackettville. After long prehistoric use by early Americans, they were used for irrigation beginning in 1852 by Fort Clark and neighboring Brackettville.  In 1896 R.T. Hill and T. W. Vaughan wrote:

They break out from the Eagle Ford shales and form extensive headwater pools, around which are built the military post of Fort Clark and the county town of Brackett, both of which are supplied with water from it.  The run-off forms a beautiful, limpid stream, which is largely used for irrigation a few miles below Fort Clark.  Mr. Babb has measured the flow of these springs and estimates it to be 21 second feet, or over 13,000,000 gallons per day.

At one time the Springs were used to power an ice manufacturing plant.  In the summer of 1964 the Springs dried up completely. Following this emergency the Fort Clark Springs Association drilled two wells into the Edwards Aquifer at the springs.  The town of Brackettville also drilled a well at this time to replace the Springs as its water supply.

Swimming Pool at Las Moras Springs
	Fort Clark was closed in 1946 and was later developed as a residential area. The Springs rise in a large walled-in pool and for many years supplied water for a 100 meter long swimming pool. The discharge of the Springs are seen here as the volume leaving the pool in the channel at the lower right.