Tommie 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
U.S. state of
Missouri.
It is a tributary of
Slagle Creek.
The stream
headwaters arise northwest of
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 ...
on
Missouri Route 13 and south of
Karlin at and the stream flows generally south 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 Slagle Creek about 1.5 miles north of
Morrisville at . The elevation of the confluence is 938 feet.
Variant names were "Tommy Creek" and "Tomahawk Creek".
The creek was so named on account of the discovery of
tomahawk relics in the area.
See also
*
List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Polk County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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