McMurtrey 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 northwest
Reynolds County in the
U.S. state 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 the West Fork Black River.
The stream
headwaters arise in northern Reynolds County (at ) at an elevation of about and flows south-southeast for about four miles 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 the West Fork near the community of
Greeley (at ) at an elevation of .
A variant spelling was "McMurty Creek".
The creek has the name of the local McMurty family.
See also
*
List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Reynolds County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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