Shoal 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 southeastern
Crawford County in the
U.S. state of
Missouri.
It is a tributary of
Huzzah Creek.
The stream
headwaters arise in the southeast corner of Crawford County just west of
Missouri Route Y and only about two miles north of the mine at
Viburnum in the northwest corner of
Iron County Iron County is the name of four counties in the United States:
*Iron County, Michigan
*Iron County, Missouri
*Iron County, Utah
*Iron County, Wisconsin
Iron County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, t ...
. The stream flows north to north-northwest 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 Huzzah Creek just south of
Huzzah.
Shoal Creek was named for the fact it is flat and shallow like a
shoal
In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material and rises from the bed of a body of water to near the surface. It ...
.
See also
*
List of rivers of Missouri
*
Shoal Creek (disambiguation)
References
Rivers of Crawford County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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