Elm Fork Echoes, Volume 26, May 1998 Page: 13
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Physiography
The Carrollton area lies in the black prairie belt
of Texas, essentially a dissected dip plain. The area
comprises four physiographic sub-divisions: bottom
lowlands, river terraces, dissected upland slopes and
uplands.
Bottom Lowlands. occupying the central part of the
area and ranging from one and one-half to four miles in
width, lie on either side of Elm Fork. This sub-
division is an almost level flood plain. The lowlands
were originally covered with a dense forest of elm, oak,
pecan, hickory, ash and locust, but extensive clearing
has reduced the bottom forests to about one fifth of
their former extent. Elm Fork, the master stream of the
area, with its sluggish flow and its tortuous course, is
in the old-age cycle. It has one permanent tributary,
Denton Creek, and a number of intermittent tributaries,
including Perry Branch, on which Carrollton is located,
also Farmers Branch & Hackberry Creek.Characteristically,
these small tributaries have no main channels through
the bottom lands, but spread out into a number of poorly
defined, shallow beds before they reach the main stream.
The poor drainage of this section handicaps agriculture,
through flood dangers and the slow run-off, which
frequently delays planting or harvesting, even after
light showers.
River Terraces & Terrace Slopes. This division
occupies the eastern quarter of the area. The first
terrace, lying approximately 25 feet above the flood
plain of the river, is about one and three quarter miles
wide. The second terrace, more irregular than the first,
appears three quarters of a mile further east. In the
more level portions poor drainage delays planting and
harvesting, but this subdivision includes the most
intensive and productive farming lands of the entire
area.
Dissected Upland Slopes. This division lying west of
the bottom lowlands, forms a transitional zone between
the lowlands and the adjacent uplands. The slopes rise
abruptly from a hundred to a hundred and thirty feet
above bottom lands to the east. Grazing seems the only
feasible utilization of this land at present, since
wherever the grass cover has been broken, erosion has
stripped off the soil and gullied the uplands. Some
experiments with terracing have been conducted, but
present land values do not warrant this expense.
Uplands. Over most of the region the uplands are13
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Peters Colony Historical Society of Dallas County, Texas. Elm Fork Echoes, Volume 26, May 1998, periodical, May 1998; Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth760602/m1/15/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carrollton Public Library.