Beaver Creek is a stream in western

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and eastern Taney counties of Missouri. It is a tributary to the White River of northern

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Description

The creek was named due to the presence of

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s. The headwaters of Beaver Creek arise in northern Douglas County and extreme southeast Webster County northwest of Ava and southeast of Seymour. The stream flows south and southwest to join the White River southeast of

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and south of Kissee Mills below the

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powersite dam.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62-63, The stream

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arise in SE Webster County and it joins the White River in Taney County. Just to the east of the old store building at

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, Beaver is crossed by

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and a short distance to the south is joined by Honey Creek. The stream flows past

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where Cowskin and

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creeks join it. Further south at

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it is joined by Spring Creek. To the southwest of Rome, Beaver enters Taney County at Brownbranch. Past Brownbranch it flows west into the

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and is joined by

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just north of Bradleyville. Beyond Bradleyville the Beaver flows through

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s past the

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area. At Kissee Mills Park the Beaver passes under

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and enters

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a short distance south at Beaver Creek Park. The

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of the Beaver and its tributary streams encompasses an area of .

References

Rivers of Douglas County, Missouri Rivers of Taney County, Missouri Rivers of Webster County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{Missouri-river-stub