Possum Creek

	Possum Creek Possum Creek is a small stream in northern Polk County, Missouri, United States. Its source coordinates are , and its confluence coordinates are . It is a tributary of the Pomme de Terre River entering the south end of Pomme de Terre Lake. The stream headwaters are just west of the village of Sentinel and its mouth on the lake near Adonis is just three miles west. A variant name was "Opossum Creek". The creek was so named on account of opossums in the area. See also List of rivers of Missouri List of rivers in Missouri (U.S. state). By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Mississippi River Arkansas River Mississippi River Arkansas River (AR ... References Rivers of Polk County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{Missouri-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams are usually called rivers, while smaller, less voluminous and more intermittent river, intermittent streams are known as streamlets, brooks or creeks. The flow of a stream is controlled by three inputs – surface runoff (from precipitation or meltwater), daylighting (streams), daylighted subterranean river, subterranean water, and surfaced groundwater (Spring (hydrology), spring water). The surface and subterranean water are highly variable between periods of rainfall. Groundwater, on the other hand, has a relatively constant input and is controlled more by long-term patterns of precipitation. The stream encompasses surface, subsurface and groundwater fluxes th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Polk County, Missouri Polk County is a county located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 31,137. Its county seat is Bolivar. The county was organized January 5, 1835,Laws of a public and general nature of the State of Missouri passed between the years 1824 & 1836" Volume II, published 1842, pg. 432-433 https://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/molaws/id/42050/rec/3 and named for Ezekiel Polk. Polk County is part of the Springfield, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Polk County was separated and organized from Greene County on January 5, 1835. A supplement to the boundary change was made on March 13, 1835. Its original boundaries were later reduced in creating Dade, Dallas, and Hickory counties. It was named in honor of Col. Ezekiel Polk of Tennessee, a soldier who served under General George Washington and who was the grandfather of John Polk Campbell and Ezekiel Madison Campbell, brothers who helped to settle Polk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Confluence In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); or where two streams meet to become the source of a river of a new name (such as the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers at Pittsburgh, forming the Ohio); or where two separated channels of a river (forming a river island) rejoin at the downstream end. Scientific study of confluences Confluences are studied in a variety of sciences. Hydrology studies the characteristic flow patterns of confluences and how they give rise to patterns of erosion, bars, and scour pools. The water flows and their consequences are often studied with mathematical models. Confluences are relevant to the distribution of living organisms (i.e., ecology) as well; "the general pattern ownstream of confluencesof increasing stream flow and decreasing s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pomme De Terre River (Missouri) The Pomme de Terre River (pronounced ''pohm de TEHR'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Osage River in southwestern Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. ''Pomme de terre'' is French for potato, a food Indians harvested in the area. Before the French explorers, the Osage people, who were historically indigenous to the region, had called it a name meaning Big Bone River, referring to the fossils of mastodons and other ancient creatures which they found along its eroding banks. Course The Pomme de Terre River is formed in Greene County in the Ozarks by the confluence of its short north and south forks, which rise in Webster and Greene counties, respectively. The river flows generally northward through Dallas, Polk, Hickory and Benton counties, past the town of Hermitage. In Polk Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pomme De Terre Lake Pomme de Terre Lake is located in southwest Missouri at the confluence of Lindley Creek and the Pomme de Terre River (for which it is named). The lake is located in southern Hickory and northern Polk counties, about north of Springfield. Its name is the French language word for potato (literally "earth-apple"). The lake is part of a series of lakes in the Osage River Basin designed and constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for flood control. Construction began in 1957 and was complete in 1961 at a cost of $14,946,784. Storage of water began on October 29, 1961 and the multipurpose pool was reached on June 15, 1963. The dam is adjacent to Pomme de Terre State Park and is crossed by Route 254. It consists of a circular tunnel with two 6.5 X hydraulic slide service gates and a single circular low flow gate. The dam is long, wide at the top and wide at the base (maximum). There are two arms of the lake that extend from the dam site. The Pomme de Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sentinel, Missouri Sentinel is an unincorporated community in northern Polk County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The site is located just east of Missouri Route 64 between Mohawk Corner to the south and Pittsburg in Hickory County to the north. Pomme de Terre Lake Pomme de Terre Lake is located in southwest Missouri at the confluence of Lindley Creek and the Pomme de Terre River (for which it is named). The lake is located in southern Hickory and northern Polk counties, about north of Springfield. Its ... lies to the west and north of the community. History A post office called Sentinel was established in 1899, and remained in operation until 1955. The community most likely was so named on account of the site being a landmark (or sentinel) in the area. References Unincorporated communities in Polk County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{PolkCountyMO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Adonis, Missouri Adonis is an unincorporated community in northern Polk County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Adonis is on the southern shore of Pomme de Terre Lake. History A post office called Adonis was established in 1895, and remained in operation until 1935. The community has the name of Adonis In Greek mythology, Adonis, ; derived from the Canaanite word ''ʼadōn'', meaning "lord". R. S. P. Beekes, ''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'', Brill, 2009, p. 23. was the mortal lover of the goddess Aphrodite. One day, Adonis was gored by ..., a Greek god. In 1925, Adonis had 25 inhabitants. References Unincorporated communities in Polk County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{PolkCountyMO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	List Of Rivers Of Missouri List of rivers in Missouri (U.S. state). By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Mississippi River Arkansas River Mississippi River Arkansas River (AR, OK) Neosho River (KS, OK) Elk River * Buffalo Creek * Indian Creek *Big Sugar Creek *Little Sugar Creek Spring River * Shoal Creek **** Capps Creek White River Mississippi River * White River * Cache River * Black River ** Spring River *Eleven Point River Current River * Sinking Creek * Little Black River *Jacks Fork * North Fork River **Bennetts Bayou Bennetts River Bryant Creek *Brush Creek * Hunter Creek ** Whites Creek * Fox Creek * Rippee Creek *Spring Creek Clifty Creek * Little North Fork White River * Beaver Creek Cowskin Creek * Prairie Creek Little Beaver Creek * James River ** Crane Creek Finley Cree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Rivers Of Polk County, Missouri A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]