Burr Oak Creek (Nodaway River tributary)

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Burr Oak Creek is a stream in Nodaway County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Nodaway River and is 5.8 miles long. [2]

Burr Oak Creek was so named on account of burr oak timber near its course. [3] The creek headwaters near Burr Oak Road in the southwest of Nodaway County and flows easterly to the Nodaway River where it deposits a mile north of Skidmore.

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burr Oak Creek (Nodaway River tributary)
  2. 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. "Nodaway County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.

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