Prairie Creek (Brush Creek tributary)

Stream in the US state of Missouri

Prairie Creek (also called Prairie Valley Creek) is a stream in Crawford County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Brush Creek.

The stream headwaters arise at 38°04′49″N 91°22′31″W﻿ / ﻿38.08028°N 91.37528°W﻿ / 38.08028; -91.37528[1] approximately one mile northeast of Cuba and just south of US Route 44.[2] The stream flows under Route 44 and continues to the north-northeast roughly paralleling Missouri Route 19 for about five miles. It then crosses under Route 19 to its confluence with Brush Creek[3] at 38°08′49″N 91°26′02″W﻿ / ﻿38.14694°N 91.43389°W﻿ / 38.14694; -91.43389.[1]

Prairie Creek was descriptively named.[4]

## See also

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* List of rivers of Missouri

## References

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1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Prairie Creek (Brush Creek tributary)
2. ^ Cuba, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1948 (1980 rev)
3. ^ Oak Hill. MO,7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1948 (1980 rev)
4. ^ "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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