Bourbeuse River
River in Missouri, U.S.
title: "Bourbeuse River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-missouri", "tributaries-of-the-meramec-river", "rivers-of-phelps-county,-missouri", "rivers-of-maries-county,-missouri", "rivers-of-gasconade-county,-missouri", "rivers-of-crawford-county,-missouri", "rivers-of-franklin-county,-missouri"] description: "River in Missouri, U.S." topic_path: "general/rivers-of-missouri" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbeuse_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary River in Missouri, U.S. ::
The Bourbeuse River (French for 'muddy') is a river located in east-central Missouri, in the Ozarks region, and is one of two major tributaries of the Meramec River, the other being the Big River. The Bourbeuse flows to the northeast from its source () near the locale of Dillon just northeast of Rolla in Phelps County, above sea level and at its mouth about 463 ft. while the airline distance between source and mouth is 53 mi. The watershed area is 842.9 sqmi.
Tributaries of the Bourbeuse River include Boone Creek, Bowen Creek, Brush Creek, Dry Fork, Little Bourbeuse River, Red Oak Creek, Spring Creek and Voss Creek.
The USGS stream gauge in Union, near the mouth of the river, measures an average flow of 692 cuft per second.
References
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- {{GNIS. 731540
- through [[Maries County, Missouri. Maries]], [[Gasconade County, Missouri. Gasconade]], [[Crawford County, Missouri. Crawford]], and [[Franklin County, Missouri. Franklin]] counties, where it discharges into the Meramec River near [[Moselle, Missouri. Moselle]] ({{coord. 38. 23. 57. N. 90. 53. 21. W. type:river_region:US-MO. 1140. ft
- The total length of the river is {{convert. 154. link. (2012-03-29 , accessed May 13, 2011)
- "Gasconade County {{!}} The State Historical Society of Missouri".
- [https://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/annual/?format=sites_selection_links&search_site_no=07016500&agency_cd=USGS&referred_module=sw USGS Waterdata]
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