Jump to content

Bay Creek (Warm Fork Spring River tributary)

Coordinates: 36°35′42″N 91°32′53″W / 36.59500°N 91.54806°W / 36.59500; -91.54806
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bay Creek is a stream in Oregon County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Warm Fork Spring River.

The stream headwaters are at 36°35′47″N 91°38′34″W / 36.59639°N 91.64278°W / 36.59639; -91.64278 and its confluence with the Warm Fork Spring River is at 36°35′42″N 91°32′53″W / 36.59500°N 91.54806°W / 36.59500; -91.54806.[1] The stream source area lies adjacent to the eastern Koshkonong city limits and the stream meanders east to join the Warm Fork Spring River at Wiggs Ford.[2]

Bay Creek was so named on account of a small inlet near its mouth.[3]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bay Creek (Warm Fork Spring River tributary)
  2. ^ Koshkonong, Missouri and Thayer, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1986
  3. ^ "Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.