Capps Creek (Current River tributary) explained

Capps Creek is a stream in Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Current River.^[1]

The stream headwaters arise just west of Missouri Route Y at 36.7381°N -90.8644°W at an elevation of about 580 feet^[2] and it flows west then meanders south to its confluence with the Current at 36.7125°N -90.8906°W at an elevation of 358 Feet. The confluence is about seven miles northwest of Doniphan.^[3]

Capps Creek has the name of Nimrod Capps, an early settler.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri

Notes and References

1. Brier, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1997
2. Doniphan North, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1997
3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 66,
4. Web site: Ripley County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071854/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_ripley.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. December 14, 2016.