Three Dike Hill is a 3,430-foot-elevation (1,045-meter) summit in Presidio County, Texas, United States.

Three Dike Hill
West aspect
Highest point
Elevation3,430 ft (1,045 m)[1][2]
Prominence410 ft (125 m)[2]
Isolation2.21 mi (3.56 km)[2]
Coordinates29°22′57″N 104°05′46″W / 29.38257°N 104.09617°W / 29.38257; -104.09617[3]
Geography
Three Dike Hill is located in Texas
Three Dike Hill
Three Dike Hill
Location of Three Dike Hill in Texas
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyPresidio
Protected areaBig Bend Ranch State Park
Parent rangeBofecillos Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Agua Adentro Mountain
Geology
Rock ageOligocene (27 Ma)[4]
Mountain typeButte
Rock typeIgneous rock
Volcanic arcTrans-Pecos Volcanic Field

Description

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Three Dike Hill is a butte set in Big Bend Ranch State Park and the Chihuahuan Desert. The top of the butte is a caprock of basalt with three dark dikes of basalt rising up through layers of tuff and sedimentary rock.[1][4] Charles Christopher Parry accurately sketched this geological formation on August 26, 1852, during the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey.[5] Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain is located in a hot arid climate zone with hot summers and mild winters.[6] Any scant precipitation runoff from the peak's slopes drains to the Rio Grande which is one mile (1.6 km) to the south. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 1,000 feet (305 m) above the river in three-quarters mile (1.2 km) and 800 feet (244 m) above Tapado Canyon in one-half mile (0.8 km). The mountain's toponym has not been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

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References

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b The Other Side of Nowhere: Exploring Big Bend Ranch State Park and Its Flora, Roy Morey, Texas A&M University Press, 2024, ISBN 9781648431074.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "3430 - 3,430' TX". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  3. ^ "Three Dike Hill, Texas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Holy Smoke! Texas Has Actual Volcanoes. Here’s Where to See Ten of Them., Amy Weaver Dorning, Texas Monthly, June 17, 2021.
  5. ^ From Presidio to the Pecos River: Surveying the United States–Mexico Boundary along the Rio Grande, 1852 and 1853, Orville B. Shelburne, University of Oklahoma Press, 2020, ISBN 9780806167930, p. 46.
  6. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
 
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