Spring 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
Franklin 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
Bourbeuse River.
The stream headwaters arise along the north side of
Missouri Route 185
Route 185 is a highway in eastern Missouri. Its northern terminus is at Route 100 west of Washington; its southern terminus is at Route 8 in Potosi. A spur of Highway 185 goes into Meramec State Park and Meramec Conservation Area.
Route de ...
approximately one mile west of downtown
Sullivan at .
[''Sullivan, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle'', USGS, 1969 (1980 rev.)] The stream flows north passing west of the Long Ridge Conservation Area three miles east of Spring Bluff. It turns northeast to its confluence with the Bourbeuse at [ approximately four miles north of Stanton. The stream gains the water of two named springs, Sour Spring west of the conservation area and Kratz Spring north of the conservation area.
Spring Creek was named for the fact its flow is increased by springs along its course.]
See also
* List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Franklin County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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