Brooks Creek (Missouri)

Coordinates: 37°38′09″N 91°00′08″W / 37.63583°N 91.00222°W / 37.63583; -91.00222
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Brooks Creek is a stream in Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Middle Fork Black River.

The stream headwaters arise just south of Missouri Route 32 southeast of the community of East End at an elevation of about 1220 feet. The stream flows to the south-southeast to its confluence with the Middle Fork near the community of Goodland.[2]

The stream source is at 37°40′25″N 91°01′55″W / 37.67361°N 91.03194°W / 37.67361; -91.03194 and the confluence is at 37°38′09″N 91°00′08″W / 37.63583°N 91.00222°W / 37.63583; -91.00222.[1]

Brooks Creek has the name of the local Brooks family.[3]

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brooks Creek (Missouri)
  2. ^ Viburnum East, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1967 (1981 rev.)
  3. ^ "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)