Crane Creek (James River tributary)

Crane Creek
Crane Creek
Location
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Region	Lawrence and Stone counties
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Lawrence County
• coordinates	36°58′25″N 93°38′09″W / 36.97367°N 93.63575°W
• elevation	1,410 ft (430 m)
Mouth
• location	Stone County
• coordinates	36°50′46″N 93°26′55″W / 36.84617°N 93.44852°WCoordinates: 36°50′46″N 93°26′55″W / 36.84617°N 93.44852°W
• elevation	958 ft (292 m)

Crane Creek is a 23.2-mile-long (37.3 km)^[2] stream that flows pst the town of Crane. The creek, a tributary of the James River and part of the White River drainage basin, is a part of the Missouri Department of Conservation's trout management program and is classified as a Blue Ribbon Trout Area.^{[citation needed]}

The stream headwaters are about one mile south of Marionville and four miles east of Aurora. The stream flows south and turns east to southeast near the community of where it gains the tributary of Hemphill Branch. The stream enters Stone County and flows past the southwest side of Crane and passes under Missouri Route 13. The stream turns east and flows past the community of and south of Hurley where it turns to the southeast and undergoes several sharp meanders before entering the James about 2.5 miles north of Galena.^[3]

Crane Creek was so named on account of blue cranes in the area.^[4]

References[]

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crane Creek (James River tributary)
^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed March 9, 2011
^ Aurora, Missouri, and Crane, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1974 editions
^ "Stone County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

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[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crane Creek (James River tributary)

[2] U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed March 9, 2011

[3] Aurora, Missouri, and Crane, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1974 editions

[4] "Stone County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

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Crane Creek (James River tributary)

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