Soap Creek is a
stream in
Morgan County in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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.
It is a tributary to the
Lake of the Ozarks
Lake of the Ozarks is a reservoir created by impounding the Osage River in the northern part of the Ozarks in central Missouri. Parts of three smaller tributaries to the Osage are included in the impoundment: the Niangua River, Grandglaize Cr ...
.
The stream headwaters arise at and it flows generally east to its confluence with the waters of Lake of the Ozarks at .
[ The source area lies just east of ]Missouri Route 135
Route 135 is a highway in central Missouri. Its northern terminus is at Interstate 70/U.S. Route 40/ Route 41 west of Boonville; its southern terminus is at Route 5 near the Lake of the Ozarks.
It passes through Cooper, Pettis, and Morgan coun ...
and it passes under Missouri Route 5
Missouri Route 5 is the longest state highway in Missouri and the only Missouri state highway to traverse the entire state. It is part of a three state, 650 mile highway 5. To the north, it continues into Iowa as Iowa Highway 5 and to the south ...
approximately three miles south of Gravois Mills, Missouri
Gravois Mills is a village in Morgan County, Missouri, United States. The population was 144 at the 2010 census.
History
Gravois Mills was laid out in 1884, and named for a nearby gristmill on Gravois Creek. A post office called Gravois Mills ha ...
just before entering the Lake. Prior to flooding of the lake the stream entered Gravois Creek Gravois Creek is a stream in south central Morgan County, Missouri. It is a tributary of the Osage River within the Lake of the Ozarks.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 45,
The stream headwaters arise along the east ...
about 2.5 miles further east.
Soap Creek was so named on account of deposits of soapstone
Soapstone (also known as steatite or soaprock) is a talc-schist, which is a type of metamorphic rock. It is composed largely of the magnesium rich mineral talc. It is produced by dynamothermal metamorphism and metasomatism, which occur in the ...
in the area.
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 (A ...
References
Rivers of Morgan County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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