Bridges Creek

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Bridges Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
State Missouri
Region Ozark County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 ⁃ coordinates 36°34′50″N92°11′40″W / 36.58056°N 92.19444°W / 36.58056; -92.19444
Mouth  
 ⁃ coordinates
 36°33′08″N92°16′02″W / 36.55222°N 92.26722°W / 36.55222; -92.26722 Coordinates: 36°33′08″N92°16′02″W / 36.55222°N 92.26722°W / 36.55222; -92.26722
 ⁃ elevation
558 ft (170 m)
[1]

Bridges Creek is a stream in southeast Ozark County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the North Fork River.

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.

Ozark County, Missouri U.S. county in Missouri

Ozark County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,723. The largest city and county seat is Gainesville. The county was organized as Ozark County, named after the Ozark Mountains, on January 29, 1841. It was renamed Decatur County, after Commodore Stephen Decatur, from 1843 to 1845, after which the name Ozark County was restored.

Ozarks Highland region in central-southern United States

The Ozarks, also called the Ozark Mountains or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and extreme southeastern Kansas. The Ozarks cover a significant portion of northern Arkansas and most of the southern half of Missouri, extending from Interstate 40 in Arkansas to Interstate 70 in central Missouri.

The stream begins at the junction of North Bridges Creek with South Bridges Creek. The north branch has headwaters in Howell County just west of Caulfield and south of U. S. Route 160 and it flows southwest into Ozark County and past Elijah. South Bridges Creek also starts in Howell County to the south of Caulfield adjacent to Missouri Route 101 and flows southwest to the junction. The two streams are each about five miles in length. Bridges Creek flows southwest from the junction and enters Norfork Lake about two miles south of Tecumseh and just north of Udall. [2]

Howell County, Missouri U.S. county in Missouri

Howell County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 40,400. The largest city and county seat is West Plains. The county was officially organized on March 2, 1851, and is named after Josiah Howell, a pioneer settler in the Howell Valley.

Caulfield, Missouri Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States

Caulfield is an unincorporated community in western Howell County, Missouri, United States. It is located on U.S. Highway 160 and Missouri Route 101, approximately fifteen miles west of West Plains. The Ozark County line lies just to the west of Caulfield.

Elijah, Missouri Community in Missouri, U. S. A.

Elijah, Missouri is an unincorporated community in eastern Ozark County, Missouri, United States. It is about twenty-two miles west of West Plains on Missouri Supplemental Route V just one mile south of U.S. Route 160. The community is located on North Bridges Creek with Spoon Spring within the village.

Bridges Creek has the name of one Mr. Bridge, a pioneer citizen. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bridges Creek
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 64, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Ozark County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.


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