Sink Creek

Sink Creek
Sink creek at 130th street and Fairway road northeast of Clearmont
Location
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Nodaway County, Missouri
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Atchison Township
• coordinates	40°32′04″N94°58′43″W / 40.5344349°N 94.9785857°W / 40.5344349; -94.9785857 [1]
• elevation	1,110 ft (340 m)
Mouth	Nodaway River
• location	Atchison Township
• coordinates	40°31′18″N95°03′27″W / 40.5217°N 95.0575°W / 40.5217; -95.0575
• elevation	922 ft (281 m) [1]
Length	5.7 mi (9.2 km) [2]
Basin features
Progression	Sink Creek → Nodaway River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Atlantic Ocean

Sink Creek is a stream in northwestern Missouri in the United States. ^[1] It is a tributary to the Nodaway River and is 5.7 miles long. ^[2]

Etymology

A variant name was "Sinking Creek". ^[1] The creek was so named because it is a losing stream along part of its course. ^[3]

Geography

Sink Creek is a left tributary of the Nodaway River and joins it 54.7 miles before its mouth in the Missouri River. ^[4] The stream begins about 3 miles northeast of Clearmont, travels southwesterly to a point about 2 miles northwest of Clearmont where is joins the Nodaway River. Sink Creek is crossed by US 71 two miles north of Clearmont not long before its confluence with the Nodaway River.

See also

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

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sink Creek
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. "Nodaway County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
4. "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.