Burr Oak Creek (Nodaway River tributary)

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Burr Oak Creek
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Burr Oak Creek at Catalina Road
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Watershed map of Burr Oak Creek
Location
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Missouri.svg  Missouri
County Nodaway
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • location Monroe Township
 • coordinates 40°18′23″N95°09′51″W / 40.3063823°N 95.1641422°W / 40.3063823; -95.1641422 [1]
 • elevation1,065 ft (325 m)
Mouth Nodaway River
 • location
 Monroe Township
 • coordinates
 40°18′20″N95°05′05″W / 40.3055480°N 95.0846968°W / 40.3055480; -95.0846968 [1]
 • elevation
886 ft (270 m) [1]
Length5.8 mi (9.3 km) [2]
Basin features
ProgressionBurr Oak Creek → Nodaway River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Atlantic Ocean

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

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Etymology

Burr Oak Creek was so named on account of burr oak timber near its course. [3]

Geography

Burr Oak Creek is a right tributary of the Nodaway River and joins it 36.9 miles before its mouth in the Missouri River. [4] The entire stream is within Monroe Township though part of its watershed reaches into southern Green Township.

Course

The creek headwaters four miles west of Skidmore and one mile east of the Atchison-Nodaway County line. The stream meanders easterly near towards the Nodaway and deposits about a mile north of Skidmore.

Miscellaneous

The name Burr Oak was also given to a church, a cemetery, and a road that are all nearby the creek. [5] Burr Oak Church dates back to 1859 and is located near the headwaters of Burr Oak Creek about 4 miles west of Skidmore.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burr Oak Creek (Nodaway River tributary)
  2. 1 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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2185554/burr-oak-church-cemetery
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