Indian 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 strea ...
in
Bollinger 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 so ...
of
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') 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 border ...
.
It is a tributary of
Crooked Creek.
The stream headwaters arise at
[ at an elevation of approximately 770 feet just to the southwest of the intersection of ]Missouri Route 51
Route 51 is a highway in southeastern Missouri. Its northern terminus is the Illinois state line near Chester, Illinois; its southern terminus is at the Arkansas state line northwest of Piggott, Arkansas. It continues into Illinois as Ill ...
and Missouri Route OO and it flows south parallel to Route 51 for approximately three miles to its confluence
In geography, a confluence (also ''conflux'') occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel (geography), channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main ...
with Crooked Creek at at and elevation of 525 feet.[
Indian Creek was named for the fact traces of Indian settlement were found along its course.]
See also
* List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Bollinger County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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