Hickory Creek (upper Nodaway River tributary)

Hickory Creek
Hickory Creek at Catalina Road in Monroe Township
Watershed map of Hickory Creek
Location
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Nodaway
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Monroe Township
• coordinates	40°16′15″N95°09′10″W / 40.2708265°N 95.1527529°W / 40.2708265; -95.1527529 [1]
• elevation	1,030 ft (310 m)
Mouth	Nodaway River
• location	Monroe Township
• coordinates	40°10′32″N95°04′07″W / 40.1755488°N 95.0685852°W / 40.1755488; -95.0685852 [1]
• elevation	869 ft (265 m) [1]
Length	4.7 mi (7.6 km) [2]
Basin features
Progression	Hickory Creek → Nodaway River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Atlantic Ocean

Hickory Creek is a stream in southwestern Nodaway County in the U.S. state of Missouri. ^[1] It is a tributary of the Nodaway River and is 4.7 miles long. ^[2] There is another larger tributary of the Nodaway River also called Hickory Creek located downstream in Holt County.

Etymology

Hickory Creek ^[3] was named after a nearby grove of hickory trees. ^[4] Other names for this stream include Hickory Cove Creek and Hickory Grove Creek, both put forward from a 1893 plat map. ^[5]

Geography

Hickory Creek is a right tributary of the Nodaway River and joins it 36.1 miles upstream of its mouth in the Missouri River. ^[6] The watershed is almost entirely in Monroe Township though a small portion stretches south into Clay Township of Holt County. There are no named tributaries of Hickory Creek.

Course

Hickory Creek begins approximately 1.5 miles east-northeast of the tripoint between Atchison, Holt, and Nodaway counties. It flows easterly towards Skidmore and enters the Nodaway River just south of the Route DD bridge just west of Skidmore.

See also

• Tributaries of the Nodaway River
• List of rivers of Missouri

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hickory Creek (upper Nodaway River tributary)
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. "Centennial map of Nodaway County, Missouri, 1876". Library of Congress. Morehouse, Sisson & Co. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
4. "Nodaway County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
5. "Plat book of Nodaway County, Missouri, 1893". North West Pubishing Co. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
6. "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.