West Piney Creek

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West Piney Creek also known as the Little Piney River is a stream in Texas County in the Ozarks of south central Missouri. [1] It is a tributary to the Big Piney River. [2]

The stream headwaters arise at 37°11′12″N92°10′22″W / 37.18667°N 92.17278°W / 37.18667; -92.17278 [1] at an elevation of 1460 feet approximately four miles northwest of Cabool. [3] The stream flows generally to the northeast past the communities of Bado and Clara to its confluence with the Big Piney River two miles west of Houston [4] at 37°19′38″N92°00′22″W / 37.32722°N 92.00611°W / 37.32722; -92.00611 and an elevation of 997 feet. [1] The confluence is within the Piney River Narrows State Natural Area. [2]

The stream was named "West Piney" due to the fact that it enters the west side of the Big Piney. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Piney Creek
  2. 1 2 Bucyrus, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1987
  3. ↑ Cabool NW, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954 (1985 rev.)
  4. ↑ Bado, MO, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1943 (1950 rev.)
  5. ↑ Texas County Place Names, 1928-1945, The State Historical Society of Missouri



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