Little Piney Creek (Missouri)

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Near Newburg, postcard, early 20th century Little Piney River, on the Frisco, Newburgh, Mo (NYPL b12647398-70448).tiff
Near Newburg, postcard, early 20th century

Little Piney Creek is a stream in the Phelps, Texas and Dent counties of the Ozarks of southern Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Gasconade River.

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Coordinates of the stream source are: 37°35′06″N91°47′29″W / 37.58500°N 91.79139°W / 37.58500; -91.79139 and of the confluence with the Gasconade are: 37°55′13″N91°58′31″W / 37.92028°N 91.97528°W / 37.92028; -91.97528 Coordinates: 37°55′13″N91°58′31″W / 37.92028°N 91.97528°W / 37.92028; -91.97528 . [1]

The stream headwaters are in northeastern Texas County about one mile southeast of the community of Maples. The stream flows northwest into southeastern Phelps County and flows north parallel to U. S. Route 63 passing just east of the community of Craddock and Edgar Springs. The stream course meanders across the Phelps - Dent County line a few times finally turning northwest and crossing under U.S. 63 at Yancy Mills. The stream meanders north through the Mark Twain National Forest and turns west at the confluence with Beaver Creek. The stream continues to the west passing Newburg and under Interstate 44 to its confluence with the Gasconade River at Jerome. [2]

Little Piney Creek was so named due to an abundance of pine trees near its banks. [3] A 1997 study of the creek found that wooded areas did not have a significantly lower rate of stream bank erosion compared to non-wooded areas. [4]

Fauna of Little Piney Creek include the Ozark sculpin (Cottus hypselurus), which is the only sculpin found in the creek. [5] [6] Fishing in the area requires a permit, and fishing for trout requires an additional trout permit. [7]

Tributaries

Tributaries of Little Piney Creek include:

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Piney Creek (Missouri)
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 46 and 54, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Phelps County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Riparian-vegetation controls on the spatial pattern of stream-channel instability, Little Piney Creek, Missouri / by Robert B. Jacobson and Aaron L. ..." HathiTrust. p. 31. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  5. ↑ Burr, Brooks M.; Warren, Melvin L. (1988). "Nests, Eggs, and Larvae of the Ozark Sculpin, Cottus hypselurus". Copeia. 1988 (4): 1089–1092. doi:10.2307/1445743. ISSN   0045-8511.
  6. ↑ Dillman, Casey B.; Koppelman, Jeffrey B. (March 2006). "Genetic Diversity among Hatchery Stocks and Established Populations of Rainbow Trout in Missouri". Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 135 (2): 341–347. doi:10.1577/T05-078.1. ISSN   0002-8487.
  7. ↑ Mark Twain National Forest: Little Piney Creek, United States Forest Service


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