Anthony Branch Explained

Anthony Branch
Name Other:Tributary to Warm Fork Spring River
Pushpin Map:Missouri#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Anthony Branch mouth
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Missouri
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Oregon
Length:6.64miles[1]
Discharge1 Location:Warm Fork Spring River
Discharge1 Avg:24.21cuft/s at mouth with Warm Fork Spring River[2]
Source1:Mill Creek divide
Source1 Location:about 6 miles west of Alton, Missouri
Source1 Coordinates:36.6881°N -91.5132°W[3]
Source1 Elevation:1010feet
Mouth:Warm Fork Spring River
Mouth Location:about 4 miles north of Thayer, Missouri
Mouth Coordinates:36.6001°N -91.5479°W
Mouth Elevation:584feet
Progression:Warm Fork Spring RiverSpring RiverBlack RiverWhite RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River System:White River
Tributaries Left:unnamed tributaries
Tributaries Right:unnamed tributaries
Bridges:Oregon 327

Anthony Branch is a stream in Oregon County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. It is a tributary of the Warm Fork Spring River.

The stream source area lies south of Missouri Route P about 5 miles west of Alton. The stream flows south-southeast for about six miles and joins the Warm Fork about 4.5 miles north of Thayer.[4]

Anthony Branch, historically called "Anthony Creek", has the name of the local Anthony family.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS Web Application . epa.maps.arcgis.com . US EPA . January 12, 2023.
  2. Web site: Watershed Report Office of Water US EPA . watersgeo.epa.gov . US EPA . January 12, 2023 . en.
  3. Web site: Geographic Names Information System . edits.nationalmap.gov . US Geological Survey . January 12, 2023.
  4. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 65,
  5. Web site: Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071842/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_oregon.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. November 24, 2016.