Knob 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 west central
Bates County in the
U.S. state of
Missouri.
It is a tributary of
Miami Creek
Miami Creek is a stream in Bates County, Missouri. It is a tributary of the Marais des Cygnes River.
The stream headwaters are a and the confluence is at .
The source area for the stream lies in the northwest corner of Bates County southeast o ...
.
The stream
headwaters arise about 1.5 miles southwest of the community of
Burdett and the stream flows south crossing
Missouri Route 18 one-half mile west of
Lacyville. The stream continues to the south to south-southeast passing under
Missouri Route F 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 Miami Creek about three miles northeast of
Virginia on
Missouri Route 52 and seven miles west-northwest of
Butler
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and
US Route 71
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.
The stream source area is at and the confluence is at .
[
The name Knob is a corruption of Knabb, the surname of a settler.]
See also
* List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Bates County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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