West Piney Creek also known as the Little Piney River is a stream in Texas County in the Ozarks of south central Missouri.[1] It is a tributary to the Big Piney River.[2]
The stream headwaters arise at 37°11′12″N 92°10′22″W / 37.18667°N 92.17278°W[1] at an elevation of 1460 feet approximately four miles northwest of Cabool.[3] The stream flows generally to the northeast past the communities of Bado and Clara to its confluence with the Big Piney River two miles west of Houston[4] at 37°19′38″N 92°00′22″W / 37.32722°N 92.00611°W and an elevation of 997 feet.[1] The confluence is within the Piney River Narrows State Natural Area.[2]
The stream was named "West Piney" due to the fact that it enters the west side of the Big Piney.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Piney Creek
- ^ a b Bucyrus, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1987
- ^ Cabool NW, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954 (1985 rev.)
- ^ Bado, MO, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1943 (1950 rev.)
- ^ Texas County Place Names, 1928-1945, The State Historical Society of Missouri
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