Buck Creek (Morgan County, Missouri)

Buck Creek is a stream in Morgan County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary to the Osage River within the Lake of the Ozarks.

The stream headwaters arise at within the community of Laurie and adjacent to Missouri Route 5. The stream meanders east and enters the waters of the Lake of the Ozarks in Buck Creek Cove at .Sunrize Beach, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983 Prior to the impoundment of the lake, the Buck Creek confluence with the Osage River was approximately two miles to the east.Purvis, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1934

Buck Creek was so named due to the sightings of bucks by early settlers in the area.

See also List of rivers of Missouri

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