Brushy Creek (Gravois Creek tributary)
Brushy Creek is a stream in Morgan County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Gravois Creek.
The stream headwaters arise at 38°17′19″N 92°55′18″W / 38.28861°N 92.92167°W[1] adjacent to Missouri Route 135 and north of the Proctor Towersite State Wildlife Area at an elevation of 1,050 ft (320 m).[2] The stream flows northwest crossing under Missouri Route J to enter Gravois Creek at 38°20′09″N 92°51′16″W / 38.33583°N 92.85444°W and an elevation of 673 ft (205 m).[1] The confluence is adjacent to Missouri Route 5 approximately 2.5 miles northwest of the community of Gravois Mills.[3]
Brushy Creek was so named due to the prevalence of brush along its streambanks.[4]
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- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brushy Creek (Gravois Creek tributary)
- ^ Proctor Creek, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983
- ^ Gravois Mills, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983
- ^ "Morgan County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
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