Jug Run is a
stream
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in
Ralls County in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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.
It is a tributary of
Spencer Creek.
The stream headwaters arise just northwest of
Missouri Route 19
Route 19 is a long state highway in Missouri. Its northern terminus is at U.S. Route 61 in New London and its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 63 on the north side of Thayer. Route 19 is one of Missouri's original 1922 highways, though ...
southwest of
Center
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at
[ at an elevation of approximately 740 Feet. The stream flows to the east-northeast passing under Route 19 and turns to the southeast as it passes just south of Center. The stream confluence with Spencer Creek is about two miles east-northeast of Madisonville and one-half mile from the Ralls-]Pike
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Fish
* Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus''
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county line. The confluence is at at an elevation of 554 feet.[
Jug Run was so named for the fact customers carried jugs to a whiskey dealer near the creek.]
See also
*List of rivers of Missouri
List of rivers in Missouri (U.S. state).
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Mississippi River
Arkansas River
*Mississippi River
**Arkansas River (AR ...
References
Rivers of Ralls County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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