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
Cole and
Miller counties of the
U.S. state of
Missouri.
It is a tributary of
South Moreau Creek.
The stream
headwaters arise in northeast Miller County east of
Eldon at and it flows northeast passing under
US Route 54
U.S. Route 54 (US 54) is an east–west United States Highway that runs northeast–southwest for from El Paso, Texas, to Griggsville, Illinois. The Union Pacific Railroad's Tucumcari Line (former Southern Pacific and Rock Island Lines "Gol ...
between the communities of
Mount Pleasant and
Etterville. The stream flows into western Cole County to its
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 South Moreau one mile west of
Decatur at .
[
Brush Creek was so named due to the abundance of woody ]brush
A brush is a common tool with bristles, wire or other filaments. It generally consists of a handle or block to which filaments are affixed in either a parallel or perpendicular orientation, depending on the way the brush is to be gripped durin ...
along its course.
See also
* List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Cole County, Missouri
Rivers of Miller County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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