Sugar 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
Cass County in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...
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
South Grand River The South Grand River is a stream in Bates, Cass, Henry and Benton counties of west central Missouri. It is a tributary of the Osage River.
The stream headwaters are in Cass County at the confluence of Massey Creek and East Creek at three miles ...
.
The stream headwaters arise at
[ approximately six miles southeast of ]Harrisonville
Harrisonville is a town in Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 10,121 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Cass
County. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
History
Harrisonville was founded in 1837 up ...
and 1.5 miles east of the community of Daugherty. The stream crosses under Missouri Route 7
Route 7 is a state highway with its northern terminus at U.S. Route 24 in northeast Independence and its southern terminus at Interstate 44 southeast of Richland (near the town of Laquey which it doesn't quite reach). The section between Harr ...
two miles southeast of Daugherty and flows generally south for approximately ten miles to its confluence with the South Grand River at the southern border of Cass County. The confluence is just west of the Settles Ford Conservation Area at and an elevation of 761 feet.[
Sugar Creek was named for the sugar maple trees lining its course.]
See also
*List of rivers of Missouri
List of rivers in Missouri (U.S. state).
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Mississippi River
Arkansas River
*Mississippi River
**Arkansas River (AR ...
References
Rivers of Cass County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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