Florida Creek (Nodaway River tributary)

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Florida 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 13.3 miles long. [2]

The stream headwaters arise at 40°23′25″N94°57′57″W / 40.3902687°N 94.9658066°W / 40.3902687; -94.9658066 one mile south of the community of Wilcox and it flows southwesterly for a distance of approximately eight miles to its confluence with the Nodaway River just north of Skidmore at 40°18′25″N95°05′02″W / 40.3069368°N 95.0838635°W / 40.3069368; -95.0838635 . [3] [1] According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, there are three unnamed tributaries of Florida Creek. [2]

It is unknown why the name "Florida Creek" was applied to this stream. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Florida 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. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 15 and 19, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  4. ↑ "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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