Adair Creek

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Adair Creek
Tributary to Logan Creek
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Adair Creek (the United States)
Location
Country United States
State Missouri
County Reynolds
Physical characteristics
SourceJayhawker Hollow divide
 • locationabout 5 miles southeast of Bunker, Missouri
 • coordinates 37°25′00″N091°09′44″W / 37.41667°N 91.16222°W / 37.41667; -91.16222 [1]
 • elevation1,260 ft (380 m) [2]
Mouth Logan Creek
 • location
about 3 miles southwest of Corridon, Missouri
 • coordinates
 37°21′26″N091°07′19″W / 37.35722°N 91.12194°W / 37.35722; -91.12194 Coordinates: 37°21′26″N091°07′19″W / 37.35722°N 91.12194°W / 37.35722; -91.12194 [1]
 • elevation
955 ft (291 m) [3]
Length5.74 mi (9.24 km) [4]
Basin size7.44 square miles (19.3 km2) [5]
Discharge 
 • location Logan Creek
 • average10.11 cu ft/s (0.286 m3/s) at mouth with Logan Creek [5]
Basin features
Progression Logan Creek → Black River → White River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River system Black River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesUnnamed Road, Highway B

Adair Creek is a stream in western Reynolds County in the Ozarks of southeast Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Logan Creek.

Contents

The source area lies just south of the junction of Missouri Route 72 and Missouri Route P about three miles southeast of Bunker. The stream flows south to southeast to its confluence with Logan Creek along Missouri Route B about 3.5 miles southwest of Reynolds. About one mile upstream from its confluence the stream has been blocked with a dam and filled by mine tailings from the Adair Creek Mine (Sweetwater Mine). [6] [7]

Adair Creek has the name of one Mr. Adair, a local judge. [8]

Course

Adair Creek rises about 5 miles southeast of Bunker, Missouri, in Reynolds County and then flows generally southeast to join Logan Creek about 3 miles southwest of Corridon. [3]

Watershed

Adair Creek drains 7.44 square miles (19.3 km2) of area, receives about 46.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 404.02, and is about 77% forested. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Adair Creek
  2. ↑ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Adair Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  6. ↑ Bunker, Missouri, 1967 (1985 rev.) and Midridge, Missouri, 1966 (1985 rev.) 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS
  7. ↑ Mindat.org Sweetwater Mine
  8. ↑ "Reynolds County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.



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