Brushy Creek (Platte River tributary)
| Brushy Creek | |
|---|---|
Brushy Creek at Route NN bridge northwest of Parnell | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Iowa and Missouri |
| County | Taylor County, Iowa, Worth County, Missouri, and Nodaway County, Missouri |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Jackson Township, Taylor County |
| • coordinates | 40°36′30″N 94°37′38″W / 40.6082806°N 94.62718943°W[2] |
| • elevation | 1,210 ft (370 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Platte River |
• location | Independence Township, Nodaway County |
• coordinates | 40°25′59″N 94°38′05″W / 40.4330456°N 94.6346865°W[3] |
• elevation | 1,010 ft (310 m)[3] |
| Length | 15.3 mi (24.6 km)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Brushy Creek → Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Atlantic Ocean |
Brushy Creek is a stream in Nodaway and Worth counties in Missouri and Taylor County, Iowa, in the United States.[3] It is a tributary of the Platte River and is 15.3 miles (24.6 km) long.[1] A variant name was Elm River[4] or Branch.[5]
The stream headwaters arise approximately six miles southeast of Bedford, Iowa and two miles north of the Iowa-Missouri State Line at an elevation of approximately 1250 feet.[6] The stream flows southward into the northwest corner of Worth County, Missouri. Two miles to the south it veers to the right and enters Nodaway County. It flows south passing under Missouri Route 246 about one mile west of Sheridan. It continues to the south and enters the Platte River just west of the city of Parnell.[7]
Brushy Creek was so named on account of brush near its course.[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b Bayless, Mike (2022). Platte River Watershed and Inventory Assessment. Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
- ^ a b "Rivers and Streams". Missouri Spatial Data Information Service. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brushy Creek (Platte River tributary)
- ^ "Nodaway County, Missouri 1904 Map". Retrieved August 14, 2025.
- ^ "Geological Map of the State of Missouri". USGS. 1892.
- ^ Bedford SW, IA, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980
- ^ Parnell West, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985
- ^ "Nodaway County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.