Bryant Creek (also known as Bryant River) is a stream in the Ozarks region of Missouri, United States.[2] Bryant Creek has headwaters just west of Lead Hill and southeast Cedar Gap in southwestern Wright County and flows in a southeasterly direction through Douglas County east of Ava. It joins the North Fork River in Ozark County just north of Tecumseh and within the waters of Norfork Lake.[3] Its tributaries include Bill Macks Creek, Hunter Creek, Rippee Creek, Fox Creek, Brush Creek, Spring Creek and Pine Creek.[3]
| Bryant Creek | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| Region | Douglas County, Wright County and Ozark County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 37°05′56″N 92°39′59″W / 37.09889°N 92.66639°W |
| • elevation | 1,650 ft (500 m) |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 36°35′46″N 92°17′19″W / 36.59611°N 92.28861°W |
• elevation | 558 ft (170 m) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Tecumseh |
| • average | 530 cu ft/s (15 m3/s)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Dry Creek, Fox Creek, Brush Creek |
| • right | Bill Macks Creek, Hunter Creek, Rippee Creek, Spring Creek, Pine Creek |
| [2] | |
Bryant Creek is named after a pioneer citizen who arrived in the area in the 1830s.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "USGS Surface Water data for Missouri: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bryant Creek
- ^ a b Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63-64, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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