Richland Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
RegionMorgan County
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates38°25′24″N 92°54′54″W / 38.42333°N 92.91500°W / 38.42333; -92.91500[1]
  elevation1,070[2] ft (330 m)
Mouth 
  coordinates
38°40′07″N 92°57′11″W / 38.66861°N 92.95306°W / 38.66861; -92.95306
  elevation
669 ft (204 m)
[1]

Richland Creek is a stream in Morgan County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Lamine River.

The stream headwaters arise in southern Morgan County between Versailles to the east and Stover to the west. The stream flows northward passing under Missouri Route 52. About ten miles to the north the stream meets its confluence with Flat Creek west of Syracuse. The combined streams continue to the north as the Lamine River.[3]

The stream was named due to the fertile or rich soil of its floodplain.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Richland Creek (Lamine River tributary)
  2. Stover, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1961 (revised 1982)
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 36 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. "Morgan County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2017.



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