Arapahoe Creek

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Arapahoe Creek
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Arapahoe Creek on Route H bridge in Clay Township, Andrew County
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Watershed map of Arapahoe Creek
Location
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri
County Andrew and Nodaway
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • location White Cloud Township
 • coordinates 40°10′10″N94°54′38″W / 40.1694366°N 94.9105266°W / 40.1694366; -94.9105266 [1]
 • elevation1,090 ft (330 m)
Mouth Nodaway River
 • location
 Clay Township
 • coordinates
 40°2′51″N95°00′40″W / 40.04750°N 95.01111°W / 40.04750; -95.01111 [1]
 • elevation
833 ft (254 m) [1]
Length12.6 mi (20.3 km) [2]
Basin size60.89 sq mi (157.7 km2) [3]
Basin features
ProgressionArapahoe Creek → Nodaway River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Atlantic Ocean
Stream gradient 16.9 ft/mi (3.20 m/km) [2]

Arapahoe Creek is a stream in Andrew and Nodaway counties of northwest Missouri. [1] [4] It is a tributary to the Nodaway River and is 12.6 miles long. [2]

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Etymology

Arapahoe Creek was named after the Arapaho Native Americans. [5] A older, variant name was Whitelands Creek. [6]

Geography

Arapahoe Creek is a left tributary of the Nodaway River and joins it 14.4 miles before its mouth in the Missouri River. [3] It is the first major tributary of the Nodaway River in Andrew County. There are no communities in the Arapahoe Creek watershed, but there are two named lakes Dysart Lake and Smith Lake.

Course

The stream headwaters arise in southwest Nodaway County about 4.5 miles southwest of the community of Barnard and west of U.S. Route 71. The stream flows south into Andrew County and flows southwest to its confluence with the Nodaway River about 2.5 miles northwest of the community of Fillmore. Holt County lies on the west side of the Nodaway River at the confluence. [7]

Tributaries

The stream has three named tributaries: Pedlar Creek, Newland Creek, and Owl Creek, all of which join the Arapahoe Creek in Andrew County. [2]

Crossings

There is one highway that crosses Arapahoe Creek at Route H in Andrew County.

See also

Geomorphology of Arapahoe Creek. Archived from the original

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arapahoe Creek
  2. 1 2 3 4 Horton, Rick (2022). Nodaway River Watershed and Inventory Assessment (PDF). Missouri Department of Conservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2024. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "MO USGS HUC12 Watershed Boundaries". Missouri Spatial Data Information Service. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on April 15, 2025. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  4. ↑ New Point, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1981
  5. ↑ "Andrew County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ Hutawa, Edward. "Map of that part of the State of Missouri which lies on the left bank of the Missouri river and West of the former boundary of the State, called Platte Country, 1842". Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
  7. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 19, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
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