Spring Creek is a stream in southern

Douglas Douglas may refer to: People * Douglas (given name) * Douglas (surname) Animals * Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking * Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil ...

and northern

Ozark The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, as well as a small area in the southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cov ...

counties in the

Ozarks The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, as well as a small area in the southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cover ...

of southern

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 A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...

Bryant Creek Bryant Creek (also known as Bryant River) is a stream in the Ozarks region of Missouri, United States. Bryant Creek has headwaters just west of Lead Hill and southeast Cedar Gap in southwestern Wright County and flows in a southeasterly direct ...

. The source is a hillside

spring Spring(s) may refer to: Common uses * Spring (season), a season of the year * Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy * Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water * Spring (mathematics), a geometric surface in the shape of a he ...

just south of

Missouri Route N A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in add ...

in Douglas County and the

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 Bryant is in southern Douglas County just west of a bluff below

Missouri Route 95 Route 95 is a highway in southern Missouri. Its northern terminus is at Route 32 at Lynchburg in Laclede County. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 160 at Lutie about 2.5 miles west of the Theodosia arm of Bull Shoals Lake in Ozar ...

.GNIS
/ref>Wasola, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 2004Gentryville, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1973 The stream flows southeast into Ozark County just east of Wasola and turns east just after passing under

northeast of Almartha. It flows northeast crossing again under route 95 south of Souder. It continues east past Rockbridge passing under Route N past its confluence with

Brixey Creek Brixey Creek (also spelled Brixy Creek) is a stream in Ozark County, Missouri. It is a tributary of Spring Creek. The headwaters of Brixey Creek are southwest of the community of Brixey. The stream flows to the northeast past Brixey and parallel ...

and back into Douglas County to its confluence with Bryant.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer'', DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63,

References

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