Patterson Creek is a
stream
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in
McDonald County,
Missouri
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and
Delaware County,
Oklahoma
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in the
United States
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.
It is a tributary of
Buffalo Creek in eastern Oklahoma.
The stream begins at the confluence of the small North Fork and South Fork streams about three miles west of
Anderson (at
[). The stream flows due west past the community of Coy parallel to and north of ]Missouri Route 76
Route 76 is a highway in the west half of southern Missouri running between U.S. Route 60 and U.S. Route 63 at Willow Springs and the Oklahoma state line near Tiff City where it continues as a county road. It bypasses Branson on the Ozark ...
passing under the route 76 Missouri Route 43
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concurrency about two miles east of Tiff City. The stream turns to the southwest for about two miles before reaching its confluence with Buffalo Creek just west of the Missouri-Oklahoma border about 1.5 miles south of Tiff City (at [).
Patterson Creek has the name of John Patterson, a pioneer citizen.]
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 ...
*List of rivers of Oklahoma
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By drainage basi ...
References
Rivers of McDonald County, Missouri
Rivers of Delaware County, Oklahoma
Rivers of Missouri
Rivers of Oklahoma
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