Pinery Creek is a stream in Washington County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of Little Indian Creek. [2]
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.
Washington County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 25,195. The county seat and largest city is Potosi. The county was officially organized on August 21, 1813, and was named in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States.
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory and shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders.
The stream headwaters are at 38°06′55″N90°53′02″W / 38.11528°N 90.88389°W and the confluence with Little Indian Creek is at 38°09′47″N90°50′53″W / 38.16306°N 90.84806°W Coordinates: 38°09′47″N90°50′53″W / 38.16306°N 90.84806°W . [1] The confluence is about 1.5 miles west of Richwoods. [2]
In geography, a confluence occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join together to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river ; or where two streams meet to become the source of a river of a new name ; or where two separated channels of a river rejoin at the downstream end.
A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position; alternatively, a geographic position may be expressed in a combined three-dimensional Cartesian vector. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation. To specify a location on a plane requires a map projection.
Richwoods is an unincorporated community in northern Washington County, Missouri, United States, founded in 1830. It is located just off Route 47, approximately 15 miles west of De Soto and 19 miles south of St. Clair.
Pinery Creek was so named on account of pine timber along its course. [3]
