Hazel 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 southwest
Washington County in the
U.S. state of
Missouri.
It is a tributary of
Courtois Creek
Courtois Creek () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 stream in southern Missouri, United States. It shares its name with the nearby town of Courtois, Miss ...
.
[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 48 ] Hazel Creek lies within the
Mark Twain National Forest and the community of
Palmer and the Hazel Creek Recreation Area are within the stream valley.
[
Hazel Creek most likely was named on account of ]hazel
The hazel (''Corylus'') is a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae,Germplasmgobills Information Network''Corylus''Rushforth, K. (1999). ...
trees near its course.
See also
* List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Washington County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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