Dicky Creek (also spelled Dickey 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
Douglas County,
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
.
The stream originates on the south side of a ridge below
Missouri State Highway 76 about 3.5 miles east of
Ava and it flows south-southeast through a narrow valley for about 3.7 miles to its junction with
Hunter Creek.
[Sweden, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982]
The coordinates of the source are ; and the coordinates of the mouth are .
[ The headwaters are at an elevation of about 1250 feet][ and the mouth is at an elevation of 863 feet.][
Dicky Creek has the name of the local Dickey family, who lived along its course.]
See also
*List of rivers of Missouri
List of rivers in Missouri (U.S. state).
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Mississippi River
Arkansas River
*Mississippi River
**Arkansas River (AR ...
References
Rivers of Douglas County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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