Bear Creek (Osage River tributary)
stream in Missouri, USA
Bear Creek is a stream in Miller County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Osage River.
The stream headwaters arise on the north side of a ridge about two miles north of Brumley (at ) at an elevation of about 840 ft (260 m). The stream flows northwest to north passing the old community of Blackmer to its confluence with the Osage adjacent to Wolf Creek (at ) at an elevation of 554 ft (169 m).
Bear Creek was so named due to frequent sightings of bears near its course.
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