Big Buffalo Creek (Missouri)

Big Buffalo Creek is a stream in Morgan and Benton counties in west-central Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Osage River within the Lake of the Ozarks.[2]

Big Buffalo Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
DistrictBenton and Morgan counties
Physical characteristics
SourceMorgan County
  coordinates38°24′02″N 93°01′53″W
  elevation1,060 ft (320 m)
MouthBig Buffalo Cove, Lake of the Ozarks
  location
Benton County, Missouri
  coordinates
38°16′38″N 93°05′25″W
  elevation
659 ft (201 m)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftMinnow Branch
  rightArcher Creek
[1][2]

The stream headwaters arise just south of a fish hatchery about three miles southwest of Stover. The stream flows south and southwest passing south of Boylers Mill to enter Benton County and the Big Buffalo Creek Conservation Area. The stream turns to the south and enters the waters of Lake of the Ozarks at the community of Zora. Prior to the filling of the lake the stream channel met the Osage River just south of the community of Riverview.[3][2]

The stream name was to distinguish it from Little Buffalo Creek which is also in Buffalo Township in Morgan County.[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Buffalo Creek (Missouri)
  2. Crockerville, Missouri, 1961 (rev 1981) and Boylers Mill, Missouri, 1983, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, United States Geologic Survey
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 44 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. "Morgan County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2017.


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