Railey Creek

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Railey Creek
Location
Country United States
State Missouri
Region Ozarks
Physical characteristics
Source 
 ⁃ coordinates 36°44′57″N93°22′41″W / 36.74917°N 93.37806°W / 36.74917; -93.37806
Mouth  
 ⁃ location
 James River
 ⁃ coordinates
 36°47′44″N93°27′49″W / 36.79556°N 93.46361°W / 36.79556; -93.46361
 ⁃ elevation
925 ft (282 m)

Railey Creek is a stream in Stone County, Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the James River which it joins just south of Galena. [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.

Stone County, Missouri U.S. county in Missouri

Stone County is a county located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,202. Its county seat is Galena.

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 source is just northwest of Reeds Spring and the confluence with the James River is just south of Galena. The roughly parallel stream Wilson Run enters the James about one mile to the south. The Missouri Pacific Railroad line follows the course of the stream between Reeds Spring and Galena. [2] [3]

Reeds Spring, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Reeds Spring is a city in Stone County, Missouri, United States. The population was 913 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Confluence Meeting of two or more bodies of flowing water

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.

Wilson Run or Wilson Creek is a stream in southern Stone County in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. It is a tributary of the James River.

Railey Creek has the name of Ben Railey, a pioneer citizen. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Railey Creek
  2. 1 2 Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ Galena Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1956
  4. ↑ "Stone County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.


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