Slagle Creek (Little Sac River)
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Slagle 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 Polk County in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. It is a tributary of the
Little Sac River The Little Sac River is a stream in Greene, Polk and Dade counties the Ozarks of southwest Missouri, U.S.A. The stream source coordinates are: and the confluence coordinates are: . The Little Sac headwaters start with an intermittent stream jus ...
. The stream headwaters are located 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 Sac is at . The stream source lies east of Missouri Route 13 and the stream flows west under Route 13 just south of the communities of Cedar Vista and
Slagle Slagle may refer to: Places in the United States *Slagle, Louisiana * Slagle, Missouri * Slagle, West Virginia * Slagle Creek (disambiguation) *Slagle Ridge * Slagle Township, Michigan People with the surname Slagle * Christian W. Slagle * Dutch S ...
. As the stream flows to the west north of Morrisville the
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enters the valley along the
Tommie Creek Tommie Creek is a stream in Polk County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Slagle Creek. The stream headwaters arise northwest of Slagle on Missouri Route 13 and south of Karlin at and the stream flows generally south to i ...
tributary and follows the stream along its north banks past Wishart to its confluence with the Little Sac River just north of
Missouri Route 215 Route 215 is a highway in southern Missouri. Its northern terminus is at Route 39 south of Stockton; its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 65 between Buffalo and Springfield. Except for a short section which overlaps Route 13, it is a two-la ...
. Slagle Creek has the name of the local Slagle family.


See also

* List of rivers of Missouri


References

Rivers of Polk County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{Missouri-river-stub