Bear Creek (Missouri River tributary)

Bear Creek is a stream in Platte County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Missouri River.

The stream headwaters arise at 39°31′04″N 94°53′40″W[1] at an elevation of approximately 1130 feet.[2] The stream flows to the south-southwest passing the community of Dye. It continues flowing to the south passing under Missouri Route 45 just before entering the Missouri River floodplain about one mile east of the community of Sadler. The stream follows the east margin of the floodplain past the community of Weston and enters the Missouri along the west boundary of the Weston Bend State Park[3] at 39°23′40″N 94°53′34″W at an elevation of 751 feet.[1]

Bear Creek was so named due to the presence of black bears in the area.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bear Creek (Missouri River tributary)
  2. DeKalb, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1984
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p.26 ISBN 0899332242
  4. "Platte County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.



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