Cowskin Creek

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Cowskin Creek
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The junction of Beaver and Cowskin creeks west of Arno. Looking southeast from Beaver Creek bridge, Cowskin entering from behind gravel bar on the left.
Location
CountryUnited States
State Missouri
Region Douglas and Webster counties
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates 37°05′31″N92°41′48″W / 37.09194°N 92.69667°W / 37.09194; -92.69667 [1]
  elevationApproximately 1,400 ft (430 m) [2]
Mouth  
  coordinates
36°56′19″N92°44′31″W / 36.93861°N 92.74194°W / 36.93861; -92.74194 Coordinates: 36°56′19″N92°44′31″W / 36.93861°N 92.74194°W / 36.93861; -92.74194
  elevation
1,040 ft (320 m) [1]
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left Casto Creek, Prairie Creek

Cowskin Creek is a stream in northwest Douglas and extreme southeastern Webster counties of Missouri. [1] Cowskin has its headwaters in southeast Webster County west of Cedar Gap and is a tributary to Beaver Creek which it joins just west of the Arno store. The stream is bridged by Missouri Route 14 just east of the junction with Missouri Route K. [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.

Webster County, Missouri U.S. county in Missouri

Webster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,202. Its county seat is Marshfield. The county was organized in 1855 and named for U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster.

According to tradition, a pioneer citizen skinned cows who had died of disease near this creek. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cowskin Creek
  2. Cedar Gap, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1951 (1977 rev.)
  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)