Piney Creek (St. Francis River tributary)
Piney Creek is a stream in Madison County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the St. Francis River.[2]
The stream headwaters arise on the south flank of Holladay Mountain at 37°35′09″N 90°23′32″W / 37.58583°N 90.39222°W[1] at an elevation of approximately 800 feet.[2] The stream flows to the south-southwest passing under Missouri Route 72 to the west of the Oak Grove community. The stream continues to the southwest passing under Missouri Route D to its confluence with the St. Francis west of Rhodes Mountain and south of the Silver Mine Recreation Area.[2] The confluence is at 37°32′43″N 90°25′59″W / 37.54528°N 90.43306°W and an elevation of 568 feet.[1]
Piney Creek was so named on account of scrub pine near its course.[3]
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edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piney Creek (St. Francis River tributary)
- ^ a b c Rhodes Mountain, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
- ^ "Madison County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
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