Casto Creek

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Casto Creek
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Location of the mouth within Missouri
Location
CountryUnited States
State Missouri
Region Douglas County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 ⁃ coordinates 37°03′14″N92°39′42″W / 37.05389°N 92.66167°W / 37.05389; -92.66167
 ⁃ elevationApproximately 1,470 ft (450 m) [1]
Mouth  
 ⁃ coordinates
 36°59′14″N92°42′11″W / 36.98722°N 92.70306°W / 36.98722; -92.70306 Coordinates: 36°59′14″N92°42′11″W / 36.98722°N 92.70306°W / 36.98722; -92.70306 .
 ⁃ elevation
1,109 ft (338 m)
[2]

Casto Creek is a stream in northwest Douglas County, Missouri. [2] The headwaters of Casto Creek are north of Ava within one half mile of the Douglas - Wright county line. The stream flows south roughly paralleling Missouri Route B then turns to the southwest west of the community of Mount Zion. The stream continues to the southwest meeting its confluence with Cowskin Creek just north of Missouri Route 14 about three miles west of Ava. [3]

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.

Douglas County, Missouri U.S. county in Missouri

Douglas County is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,684. The county seat and only incorporated community is Ava. The county was officially organized on October 19, 1857, and is named after U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas (D-Illinois) and later Democratic presidential candidate.

Missouri U.S. state in the United States

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the Union. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City. The state is the 21st-most extensive in area. Missouri is bordered by eight states : Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska to the west. In the South are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center of the state into the Mississippi River, which makes up Missouri's eastern border.

Casto Creek has the name of the local Casto family which settled near it. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Cedar Gap, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1951 (1985 rev.)
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Casto Creek
  3. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  4. ↑ "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)


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