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Dry Creek (Eleven Point River tributary)

Coordinates: 36°47′06″N 91°27′37″W / 36.78500°N 91.46028°W / 36.78500; -91.46028
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Dry Creek is a stream in Oregon County, in the Ozarks of southern Missouri in the United States.[1] It is a tributary to the Eleven Point River.

The stream headwaters arise at 36°42′56″N 91°28′50″W / 36.71556°N 91.48056°W / 36.71556; -91.48056[1] at an elevation of approximately 940 feet approximately four miles west-northwest of Alton.[2] The stream flows generally north-northeast and passes under U.S. Route 160 about one quarter mile east of Royal Oak and gains the tributary Huddleston Branch. It continues to the north for another three miles to its confluence with the Eleven Point River[2] at 36°47′06″N 91°27′37″W / 36.78500°N 91.46028°W / 36.78500; -91.46028 and an elevation of 591 ft (180 m).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dry Creek (Eleven Point River tributary)
  2. ^ a b Alton, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983