Benton Creek

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Benton Creek
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 ⁃ coordinates 37°46′27″N91°31′14″W / 37.77417°N 91.52056°W / 37.77417; -91.52056
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 37°53′30″N91°30′21″W / 37.89167°N 91.50583°W / 37.89167; -91.50583 Coordinates: 37°53′30″N91°30′21″W / 37.89167°N 91.50583°W / 37.89167; -91.50583

Benton Creek is a stream in Phelps, Dent and Crawford counties in the Ozarks of Missouri. [1]

Stream A body of surface water flowing down a channel

A stream is a body of water with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. The stream encompasses surface and groundwater fluxes that respond to geological, geomorphological, hydrological and biotic controls.

Phelps County, Missouri U.S. county in Missouri

Phelps County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 45,156. The largest city and county seat is Rolla. The county was officially organized on November 13, 1857, and was named after U.S. Representative and Governor of Missouri John Smith Phelps.

Dent County, Missouri U.S. county in Missouri

Dent County is a county in Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,657. The largest city and county seat is Salem. The county was officially organized on February 10, 1851 and is named after state representative Lewis Dent, a pioneer settler who arrived in Missouri from Virginia in 1835.

The stream headwaters are in northern Dent County just north of Bangert and Missouri Route JJ. The stream meanders north into southwestern Crawford County and crosses under Missouri Route YY to the west of Cook Station. The stream continues north and is joined by the West Fork Benton Creek from Phelps County. It then continues north to its confluence with the Meramec River. [2] [3]

Bangert is an unincorporated community in Dent County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

Cook Station is an unincorporated community in southwest Crawford County, Missouri, United States. It is located on the Meramec River, approximately ten miles south of Steelville, along Missouri Route M.

Meramec River river in the United States of America

The Meramec River, sometimes spelled Maramec River is one of the longest free-flowing waterways in the U.S. state of Missouri, draining 3,980 square miles (10,300 km2) while wandering 218 miles (351 km) from headwaters near Salem to where it empties into the Mississippi River near St. Louis at Arnold and Oakville. The Meramec watershed covers six Missouri Ozark Highland counties—Dent, Phelps, Crawford, Franklin, Jefferson, and St. Louis—and portions of eight others—Maries, Gasconade, Iron, Washington, Reynolds, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, and Texas. Between its source and its mouth, it falls 1,025 feet (312 m). Year-round navigability begins above Maramec Spring, just south of St. James. The Meramec's size increases at the confluence of the Dry Fork, and its navigability continues until the river enters the Mississippi at Arnold, Missouri.

Benton Creek has the name of a local family. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Benton Creek
  2. ↑ Seaton, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1963
  3. ↑ Meramec Springs, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1963
  4. ↑ "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)


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