Piney Creek (St. Francis River tributary)

Piney Creek is a stream in Madison County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the St. Francis River.[2]

The stream headwaters arise on the south flank of Holladay Mountain at 37°35′09″N 90°23′32″W[1] at an elevation of approximately 800 feet.[2] The stream flows to the south-southwest passing under Missouri Route 72 to the west of the Oak Grove community. The stream continues to the southwest passing under Missouri Route D to its confluence with the St. Francis west of Rhodes Mountain and south of the Silver Mine Recreation Area.[2] The confluence is at 37°32′43″N 90°25′59″W and an elevation of 568 feet.[1]

Piney Creek was so named on account of scrub pine near its course.[3]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piney Creek (St. Francis River tributary)
  2. Rhodes Mountain, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
  3. "Madison County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.



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