Walnut Creek Neighborhood Park

Dedication

2009

Size

5.59 acres

Additional amenities

Bench
Electrical box
Pet station
Playground
Stand-alone swing
Trash receptacle

Fun facts

Walnut Creek Park is located in west Fort Worth along Walnut Creek.

On Sept. 22, 2009, the City Council accepted the dedication of 5.59 acres of parkland and facility improvements from Wilbow-Skyline Development Corporation for the creation of Walnut Creek Park. In accordance with the Neighborhood and Community Park Dedication Policy, the developer constructed improvements that included two park name signs, a playground, four benches, two trash receptacles and approximately 3,000 linear feet of trail at an estimated cost of $186,094.23.^{^[1]} The park takes its name from the adjacent Walnut Creek.

[1] City of Fort Worth, Mayor & Council Communication, L-14833, Sept. 22, 2009.

The geology of the park is Goodland Limestone and Walnut Clay. These were formed in deep sea marine environments in the Early Cretaceous. Goodland is coarsely nodular. The southern portion of the park is comprised of Kiamichi Formation of the Early Cretaceous. Kiamichi expresses Gryphaea marine fossils and some pecten in sandstone. Soils are Frio silty and loamy alluvium in the floodplain of Walnut Creek. Upland from the creek, the soils are a mix of classic Fort Worth Prairie types including Maloterre, Aledo, and Brackett. Maloterre is residuum from weathered limestone. Aledo soils are shallow calcareous in nature. Brackett series soil is weathered limestone found on dissected plateaus and stair-stepped topography. Stair-stepped topography is a unique landscape of the geographically-limited Fort Worth Prairie.

View animal, plant and insect species observed at Walnut Creek Park and make some of your own observations through iNaturalist. See link under the "Related information" Section.

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