Kelley Branch 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 northern
Boone County in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...
of
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 ...
.
It is a tributary of
Silver Fork
Silver Fork is a stream in Boone County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Perche Creek.''Sturgeon, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1969
The stream headwaters arise at and the confluence with Perche Creek is at ...
.
[''Sturgeon, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1969]
The stream headwaters arise just northeast of
Hallsville at and the stream flows generally west to its confluence with Silver Fork just east of
US Route 63
U.S. Route 63 (US 63) is a , north–south United States Highway primarily in the Midwestern and Southern United States. The southern terminus of the route is at Interstate 20 (I-20) in Ruston, Louisiana; the northern terminus is at US ...
approximately 12 miles north of
Columbia[ at .][
Kelley Branch has the name of the local Kelley family of settlers.]
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 Boone County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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