First Creek (St. Francis River tributary)

First Creek is a stream in eastern Iron and western St Francois counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the St. Francis River. The stream headwaters are at and the confluence with the St. Francis ia at . The stream source area lies northwest of Middlebrook and the stream flows northeast to north paralleling Missouri Route W. Just southwest of Iron Mountain the streamcourse veers northwest and re-enters Iron County to its confluence with the St. Francis.Graniteville, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968

First Creek was named for the fact it is the first in order of tributaries relative to nearby Second Creek.

See also List of rivers of Missouri

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