Brush 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 Osage County in central Missouri. It is a tributary of the Gasconade River. The stream headwaters are located 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 the Gasconade is at . The stream source arises adjacent to

Missouri Route U A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in additio ...

and it flows southeast parallel to that road to cross under Route E just west of Rich Fountain. The stream turns east and follows just south of Route E to its confluence just south of the

Missouri Route 89 Route 89 is a highway in central Missouri. Its northern terminus is at Route 100 in Chamois; its southern terminus is at Route 28 in Belle. A short spur of Highway 89 connects with east U.S. Route 50 east of Linn. Route description Route 89 s ...

bridge over the Gasconade. Brush Creek was so named due to the abundance of

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near its course.

References

Rivers of Osage County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{Missouri-river-stub

See also

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