Arapahoe Creek is a

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and Nodaway counties of northwest

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. It is a tributary to the

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and is 12.6 miles long.

Etymology

Arapahoe Creek was named after the

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Native Americans.

Geography

Arapahoe Creek is a left tributary of the Nodaway River and joins it 14.4 miles before its mouth in the

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. It is the first major tributary of the Nodaway River in Andrew County. There are no communities in the Arapahoe Creek watershed, but there are two named lakes Dysart Lake and Smith Lake.

Course

The stream headwaters arise in southwest Nodaway County about 4.5 miles southwest of the community of

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and west of U.S. Route 71. The stream flows south into Andrew County and flows southwest to its confluence with the Nodaway River about 2.5 miles northwest of the community of Fillmore. Holt County lies on the west side of the Nodaway River at the confluence.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 19,

Tributaries

The stream has three named tributaries: Pedlar Creek, Newland Creek, and Owl Creek, all of which join the Arapahoe Creek in Andrew County.

Crossings

There is one highway that crosses Arapahoe Creek at Route H in Andrew County.

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References

{{authority control Rivers of Andrew County, Missouri Rivers of Nodaway County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri Tributaries of the Nodaway River Missouri placenames of Native American origin