Lost Creek is a stream in Newton County, Missouri and Ottawa County, Oklahoma.[1] It is a tributary to the Spring River.[2]
The stream headwaters arise three miles west of Neosho, Missouri[3] at 36°51′12″N 94°25′41″W / 36.85333°N 94.42806°W[1] at an elevation of approximately 1180 feet.[3] The stream flows to the west-northwest and turns to the southwest as it passes south of the community of Racine. The stream continues to the southwest passing through Seneca, Missouri and enters eastern Oklahoma.[4] The stream flows southwest parallel to U.S. Route 60. The stream enters the Spring River within the waters of the Grand Lake of the Cherokees just west of Wyandotte.[5] The confluence was at 36°47′43″N 94°44′25″W / 36.79528°N 94.74028°W and an elevation of 741 feet (prior to the lake creation).[1]
The name Lost Creek was given by early settlers due to the difficulty they had locating the stream based on earlier descriptions of the stream and the area.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lost Creek (Spring River tributary)
- ^ Wyandotte, OK, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1961 (1982 rev.)
- ^ a b Neosho West, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1972 (1986 rev.)
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 60, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ Oklahoma Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., p. 27. ISBN 0899332838
- ^ The Missouri State Historical Society: Newton County Place Names, 1928-1945
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