Beaverdam Creek is a stream in southwest Audrain County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the South Fork of the Salt River which it joins approximately six miles southeast of Mexico.[2]

The stream headwaters arise in southwest Audrian County at 39°05′10″N 92°02′24″W / 39.08611°N 92.04000°W / 39.08611; -92.04000[1] at an elevation of approximately 910 feet.[3] The stream flows generally east to southeast and passes under US Route 54 approximately 5.5 miles south of Mexico and joins the South Fork two miles east of Route 54 and about 1.5 miles north of the southern border of Audrain County[2] at 39°04′56″N 91°51′05″W / 39.08222°N 91.85139°W / 39.08222; -91.85139 and an elevation of 761 feet.[1]

Beaverdam Creek was named for the beaver dams along its course.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beaverdam Creek (Salt River tributary)
  2. 1 2 Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 31, ISBN 0899332242
  3. ↑ Hatton, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1969
  4. ↑ "Audrain County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)



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