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Dumas Creek is a stream in Clark County, Missouri. [1] It is a tributary on the west side of the Des Moines River and Lee County, Iowa lies across the river. [2]

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.

Clark County, Missouri U.S. county in Missouri

Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the county's population was 7,139. Its county seat is Kahoka. The county was organized December 16, 1836 and named for William Clark, leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and later Governor of Missouri Territory.

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.

The stream headwaters arise about one half mile east of Missouri Route 81 at 40°32′10″N91°43′02″W / 40.53611°N 91.71722°W / 40.53611; -91.71722 . [1] The stream flows southeast passing northeast of Peaksville and crossing under Missouri Route DD. Northeast of Revere the stream turns to the northeast for two miles then east to its confluence with the Des Moines River is at 40°31′20″N91°37′17″W / 40.52222°N 91.62139°W / 40.52222; -91.62139 Coordinates: 40°31′20″N91°37′17″W / 40.52222°N 91.62139°W / 40.52222; -91.62139 . [1] [3] The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad line follows the stream valley from northeast of Revere to the confluence. [4]

Route 81 is a highway in northeastern Missouri. Its northern terminus is at the Iowa state line where it continues as Iowa Highway 81. Its southern terminus is at Route 16 west of Canton.

Peaksville is an unincorporated community in Clark County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

Revere, Missouri Village in Missouri, United States

Revere is a village in Clark County, Missouri, United States. The population was 79 at the 2010 census, at which time it was a town. It is part of the Fort Madison–Keokuk, IA-MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Dumas Creek derives its name from one Mr. Dumass, an early settler. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dumas Creek
  2. ↑ Argyle, Iowa, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (1983 rev.)
  3. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 17 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  4. ↑ Croton, Iowa, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (1983 rev.)
  5. ↑ "Clark County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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