Pinery 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 Washington County in the

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. It is a tributary of

Little Indian Creek Little Indian Creek is a northwest flowing stream in northwest Washington and southeast Franklin counties in Missouri. The stream is a tributary to Indian Creek. The stream headwaters arise southeast of Richwoods at and the confluence with Indi ...

.''Richwoods, Missouri,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1981 The stream

headwaters The headwaters of a river or stream is the farthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or downstream confluence with another river, as measured along the course of the river. It is also known as a river's source. Definition The ...

are at and the

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 Little Indian Creek is at . The confluence is about 1.5 miles west of Richwoods. Pinery Creek was so named on account of pine timber along its course.

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Rivers of Washington County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{WashingtonCountyMO-geo-stub

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