Bull Creek is a

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and Taney counties in the

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of southern

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.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62, Bull Creek's headwaters are on the south edge of the

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just south of

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at an elevation of . The stream flows south and southwest through portions of the

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. As it enters Taney County the stream gradient lessens and it occupies a series of

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s. As it passes Walnut Shade the stream is bridged by

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and receives the flow of Bear Creek. It enters the White River and

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just southwest of Rockaway Beach. The confluence elevation is . At Walnut Shade, the creek has an average discharge of 224 cubic feet per second. Source coordinates: ;

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coordinants: . According to tradition, Bull Creek was named for the fact the area was the hunting ground of buffalo bulls by pioneer citizens.

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