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Prairie Creek (Platte River tributary)

Coordinates: 39°18′26″N 94°47′59″W / 39.307223°N 94.799683°W / 39.307223; -94.799683
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Prairie Creek is a stream in Platte County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Platte River and is 8.1 miles long.[2]

There are three named direct and indirect tributaries of this stream: Sand Branch, Fox Creek, and Big Creek.[2]

Prairie Creek was so named on account of a prairie near its headwaters.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Prairie Creek (Platte River tributary)
  2. ^ a b Bayless, Mike (2022). Platte River Watershed and Inventory Assessment (PDF). Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  3. ^ "Platte County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.

39°18′26″N 94°47′59″W / 39.307223°N 94.799683°W / 39.307223; -94.799683