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