Dry Creek (Big Piney River tributary)

Dry Creek is a stream in Pulaski County, Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Big Piney River.

The stream headwaters are within Fort Leonard Wood at 37°46′49″N 92°08′17″W / 37.78028°N 92.13806°W / 37.78028; -92.13806 and its confluence with the Big Piney is about two miles upstream from Devils Elbow at 37°49′33″N 92°05′03″W / 37.82583°N 92.08417°W / 37.82583; -92.08417.[1][2]

Dry Creek was so named for the fact it often runs dry.[3]

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dry Creek (Big Piney River tributary)
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 46, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Pulaski County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.