Dry Creek is a stream in Webster County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the James River.

The stream headwaters are at 37°10′49″N 92°52′37″W / 37.18028°N 92.87694°W / 37.18028; -92.87694 and its confluence with the James is at 37°15′56″N 92°56′49″W / 37.26556°N 92.94694°W / 37.26556; -92.94694.[1] The stream source area is just northwest of Diggins and it flows generally northwest to join the James just east of the village of Crown.[2]

Dry Creek was so named for the fact it often runs dry.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dry Creek (James River tributary)
  2. ↑ Fordland, Missouri and Marshfield, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1982
  3. ↑ "Webster County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.



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