Petite Saline Creek

Petite Saline Creek is a stream in Cooper, Moniteau and Morgan counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Missouri River.

The stream source area is along the Morgan-Moniteau county line just north of U.S. Route 50 two miles east of Syracuse and three miles west of Tipton at 38°40′12″N 92°50′18″W / 38.67000°N 92.83833°W / 38.67000; -92.83833[1] and at an elevation of about 920 feet.[2] The stream flows north into Cooper County crossing under and flowing parallel to the west side of Missouri Route 5. The stream turns east again crossing under Route 5 just south of Billingsville. The stream flows generally east passing under Missouri Route 87 southeast of Boonville. The stream continues east to southeast passing under Missouri Route 179 south of Wooldridge. The stream enters the Missouri River bottom just south of Wooldridge in eastern Cooper County and the confluence with the Missouri is in the northern corner of Moniteau County across the river from McBaine at 38°52′35″N 92°28′55″W / 38.87639°N 92.48194°W / 38.87639; -92.48194Coordinates: 38°52′35″N 92°28′55″W / 38.87639°N 92.48194°W / 38.87639; -92.48194 and an elevation of 564 feet.[1][3]

Petite Saline Creek was so named for the salty character of the little creek.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Petite Saline Creek
  2. ↑ Tipton, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1952 (1979 rev.)
  3. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 36-7, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. ↑ "Cooper County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.


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