Bryant Creek

Bryant Creek (also known as Bryant River) is a stream in the Ozarks of Missouri.[2] Bryant Creek has headwaters just west of Lead Hill and southeast Cedar Gap in southwestern Wright County and flows in a southeasterly direction through Douglas County east of Ava and joins the North Fork River in Ozark County just north of Tecumseh and within the waters of Norfork Lake.[3] Tributaries include Bill Macks Creek, Hunter Creek, Rippee Creek, Fox Creek, Brush Creek, Spring Creek and Pine Creek.[3]

Bryant Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
RegionDouglas County, Wright County and Ozark County
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates37°05′56″N 92°39′59″W
  elevation1,650 ft (500 m)
Mouth 
  coordinates
36°35′46″N 92°17′19″W
  elevation
558 ft (170 m)
Discharge 
  locationTecumseh
  average530 cu ft/s (15 m3/s)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftDry Creek, Fox Creek, Brush Creek
  rightBill Macks Creek, Hunter Creek, Rippee Creek, Spring Creek, Pine Creek
[2]

Bryant Creek has the name of a pioneer citizen who arrived in the area in the 1830s.[4]

See also

References

  1. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/annual/?format=sites_selection_links&search_site_no=07058000&agency_cd=USGS&referred_module=sw
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bryant Creek
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63-64, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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