Asher Creek (St. Francis River)
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Asher Creek is a
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 ...
in Greene and Polk counties of southwest Missouri. It is a tributary of the
Little Sac River The Little Sac River is a stream in Greene, Polk and Dade counties the Ozarks of southwest Missouri, U.S.A. The stream source coordinates are: and the confluence coordinates are: . The Little Sac headwaters start with an intermittent stream jus ...
. The stream headwaters are just north of Willard at and the
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); o ...
with Little Sac is at at an elevation of 899 feet. The stream flows north to northwest passing under Route AC and past Cave Spring and on passing west of Sacville and under Route BB to enter Polk County and its confluence with the Little Sac River southwest of Morrisville. Asher Creek has the name of Samuel Asher, a pioneer citizen.


See also

* List of rivers of Missouri


References

Rivers of Greene County, Missouri Rivers of Polk County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{GreeneCountyMO-geo-stub