Fox Creek is a stream in southern Taney County, Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Bee Creek. The headwaters of the stream are just east of Missouri Route JJ west of Mincy. The stream flows southeast passing through a portion of the Drury-Mincy Conservation Area to its confluence with Bee Creek which flows into Bull Shoals Lake to the southeast near the Missouri-Arkansas border.[2]
Fox Creek | |
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Location | Taney County, Missouri |
Coordinates | 36.5250649°N, -93.0971222°W |
Type | Stream |
Surface elevation | 715 feet (218 meters) |
The source of the stream is at 36°33′48″N 93°09′13″W / 36.56333°N 93.15361°W and the confluence is at 36°31′30″N 93°05′50″W / 36.52500°N 93.09722°W.[1]
Fox Creek has the name of the local Fox family.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fox Creek (Bee Creek tributary)
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Taney County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.