Doe Run 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 Reynolds County in the U.S. state of

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. It is a tributary of

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. The stream headwaters arise about three miles south of Ellington along the east side of

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(at ). The stream flows east and southeast to its

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with Webb Creek (at ). The confluence and final half mile of the stream course is currently under the waters of Clearwater Lake. Doe Run Creek was so named on account of deer in the area.

References

Rivers of Reynolds County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{ReynoldsCountyMO-geo-stub

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