North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River
| North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River | |
| Stream | |
 North Fork flowing through Yellow House Canyon
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| Country |  United States |
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| State |  Texas |
| Source | Confluence of Yellow House Draw and Blackwater Draw |
| - location | Mackenzie Park, Lubbock, Texas |
| - elevation | 3,146 ft (959 m) |
| - coordinates | 33°35′34″N 101°50′02″W / 33.59278°N 101.83389°W |
| Mouth | Confluence with Double Mountain Fork |
| - location | Kent County, Texas |
| - elevation | 2,096 ft (639 m) |
| - coordinates | 33°06′03″N 101°00′01″W / 33.10083°N 101.00028°WCoordinates: 33°06′03″N 101°00′01″W / 33.10083°N 101.00028°W |
| Length | 75 mi (121 km) |
| Basin | 1,050 sq mi (2,719 km2) |
The North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River is an intermittent stream about 75 mi (121 km) long, heading at the junction of Blackwater Draw and Yellow House Draw in the city of Lubbock, flowing generally southeastward to its mouth on the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River in western Kent County. It crosses portions of Lubbock, Crosby, Garza, and Kent Counties in West Texas.
The flowing waters of the North Fork carved Yellow House Canyon, one of three major canyons along the east side of the Llano Estacado.
In the past, this tributary of the Brazos has been called by various names, including Yellowhouse Creek and Yellow House River. According to a 1964 decision by the United States Board on Geographical Names, this stream is properly called the North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River. However, due to the unwieldy length of the name, it is often shortened to just North Fork.
Within the city limits of Lubbock, the North Fork is a minor stream that flows through a narrow and shallow channel with a typical width less than 0.3 mi (0.48 km) and a typical depth not more than 50 ft (15 m). Here the city of Lubbock has constructed a series of small dams that form a series of narrow lakes, collectively known as Canyon Lakes.
As the North Fork extends outside the city limits, Yellow House Canyon gradually widens and deepens. At a distance of 9 mi (14 km) to the east-southeast of Lubbock, a dam was constructed to form Buffalo Springs Lake, a recreational lake that now inundates the site of the main springs, though Buffalo Springs continue to flow beneath the waters of the lake. Immediately downstream of Buffalo Springs Lake is a smaller dam that forms another recreational lake named Lake Ransom Canyon, where numerous single-family homes surround the lake to form the community of Ransom Canyon, Texas.
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