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 ...
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Missouri
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. It is a tributary of Shoal Creek.
The stream headwaters arise at at an elevation of 1150 feet and two miles west of the community of Fredville. The stream flows generally north-northwest for about two miles passing about one mile east of Spurgeon before turning to the northeast. It continues 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 Shoal Creek about one half mile southeast of Tipton Ford after passing under U.S. Route 71. The confluence is at at an elevation of 938 feet.
Cedar Creek was so named due to the cedar timber near its banks.