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
Iron and
St. Francois counties in the
U.S. state of
Missouri.
It is a tributary of
Stouts Creek
Stouts Creek is a stream in Iron and Madison counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The stream headwaters lie just northwest of Taum Sauk Mountain and it flows north then east to cross under Missouri Route 21 between Ironton and Arcadia. It ...
.
The stream
headwaters arise on the west flank of
Oak Mountain at an elevation of 1400 feet. The stream flows west-southwest to enter the adjacent valley near
Lopez about one mile south of
Middlebrook in the southwest corner of St. Francois County. The stream enters Iron County and turns south-southeast and flows past
Pilot
Knob and
Ironton 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 Stouts Creek.
The source area is at and the confluence is at .
[
Knob Creek was named for a summit along its course called Pilot Knob.]
See also
* List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Iron County, Missouri
Rivers of St. Francois County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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