Scattering Fork is a stream in 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 four miles southeast of Mexico.[2]

The headwaters arise in southwest Audrian County at 39°07′23″N 92°01′05″W / 39.12306°N 92.01806°W / 39.12306; -92.01806[1] at an elevation of approximately 890 feet.[3] It flows initially northeast then turns to the east-southeast passing under US Route 54 four miles south of Mexico and on to its confluence with the South Fork[2] at 39°06′29″N 91°51′43″W / 39.10806°N 91.86194°W / 39.10806; -91.86194 and an elevation of 751 feet.[1]

Scattering Fork was so named on account of its irregular course.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Scattering Fork
  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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