List of tributaries of the Missouri River

Tributaries of the Missouri River, a major river in the central United States, are listed here in upstream order. These lists are arranged into river sections between cities or mouths of major tributaries for ease of navigation. Two large tributaries (the Platte and Yellowstone) have their own separate lists because they would be too lengthy to include in part of another section.

Data is derived from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographical maps and the USGS National Map.

Table of primary tributaries

Mouth to Kansas City

Gasconade River

Big Piney River

Spring Creek

Roubidoux Creek

Osage Fork Gasconade River

Beaver Creek

Auxvasse Creek

Osage River

Maries River

Niangua River

Little Niangua River

Greasy Creek

Pomme de Terre River

Little Pomme de Terre River

South Grand River

Tebo Creek

Big Creek

Weaubleau Creek

Sac River

Little Sac River

Turnback Creek

Clear Creek

Little Osage River

Marmaton River

Marais des Cygnes River

Bull Creek

Pottawatomie Creek

Moreau River

North Moreau Creek

South Moreau Creek

Cedar Creek

Moniteau Creek

Perche Creek

Lamine River

Blackwater River

Salt Fork Blackwater River

Heaths Creek

Muddy Creek

Richland Creek

Flat Creek

Haw Creek

Little Chariton River

Middle Fork Little Chariton River

East Fork Little Chariton River

Chariton River

Mussel Fork Chariton River

Walnut Creek

Blackbird Creek

Grand River

Locust Creek

Medicine Creek

Thompson River

Honey Creek

Weldon River

Shoal Creek

Big Creek

Grindstone Creek

East Fork Grand River

Middle Fork Grand River

Fishing River

East Fork Fishing River

Little Blue River

Blue River

Indian Creek

Coffee Creek

Wolf Creek

Kansas City to Plattsmouth

Kansas River

Wakarusa River

Delaware River

Soldier Creek

Big Blue River

Fancy Creek

Little Blue River

Mill Creek

Turkey Creek

West Fork Big Blue River

Republican River

White Rock Creek

Prairie Dog Creek

Sappa Creek

Beaver Creek

Medicine Creek

Red Willow Creek

Frenchman River

Stinking Water Creek

South Fork Republican River

North Fork Republican River

Arikaree River

Smoky Hill River

Solomon River

North Fork Solomon River

Cedar Creek

Beaver Creek

Bow Creek

South Fork Solomon River

Covert Creek

Medicine Creek

Saline River

Mulberry Creek

Spillman Creek

Wolf Creek

Big Timber Creek

North Fork Smoky Hill River

Platte River

Little Platte River

Third Fork Platte River

Castile Creek

One Hundred and Two River

Nodaway River

East Nodaway River

West Nodaway River

Middle Nodaway River

Wolf River

Big Nemaha River

Muddy Creek

North Fork Big Nemaha River

South Fork Big Nemaha River

Tarkio River

Little Nemaha River

South Fork Little Nemaha River

Nishnabotna River

West Nishnabotna River

Walnut Creek

East Nishnabotna River

Weeping Water Creek

Keg Creek

James Creek

Platte River Basin

Platte River

Salt Creek

Oak Creek

Stevens Creek

Middle Creek

Antelope Creek

Elk Creek

Beal Slough

Haines Branch

Cardwell Branch

Lynn Creek

Deadman's Run

Little Salt Creek

Elkhorn River

Maple Creek

Logan Creek

North Fork Elkhorn River

Cache Creek

South Fork Elkhorn River

Shell Creek

Loup River

Cedar River

North Loup River

Calamus River

Goose Creek

Middle Loup River

South Loup River

Mud Creek

Dismal River

South Branch Middle Loup River

Middle Branch Middle Loup River

North Branch Middle Loup River

Prairie Creek

Wood River

Buffalo Creek

North Platte River

Birdwood Creek

Blue Creek

Rush Creek

Horse Creek

Cherry Creek

Box Elder Creek

Rawhide Creek

Laramie River

North Laramie River

Chugwater Creek

Richeau Creek

Sybille Creek

Fourmile Creek

Little Laramie River

Sand Creek

Horseshoe Creek

La Bonte Creek

La Prele Creek

Casper Creek

Bates Creek

Sweetwater River

Sage Hen Creek

Long Creek

Willow Creek

Little Sweetwater River

East Sweetwater River

Sage Creek

Medicine Bow River

Little Medicine Bow River

Rock Creek

Wagonhound Creek

Pass Creek

Encampment River

North Fork Encampment River

Douglas Creek

Pinkham Creek

Canadian River

Michigan River

Illinois River

Owl Creek

South Fork Michigan River

North Fork North Platte River

Roaring Fork North Platte River

Grizzly Creek

Buffalo Creek

Little Grizzly Creek

South Platte River

Lodgepole Creek

Muddy Creek

Cottonwood Creek

Beaver Creek

Bijou Creek

East Bijou Creek

West Bijou Creek

Kiowa Creek

Box Elder Creek

Cache La Poudre River

South Fork Cache La Poudre River

Big Thompson River

Little Thompson River

Dry Creek

North Fork Big Thompson River

St. Vrain River

Boulder Creek

Left Hand Creek

Clear Creek

North Clear Creek

Cherry Creek

Bear Creek

Deer Creek

Plum Creek

North Fork South Platte River

Craig Creek

Horse Creek

Tarryall Creek

Middle Fork South Platte River

South Fork South Platte River

Plattsmouth to Pierre

Mosquito Creek

Boyer River

Willow River

East Boyer River

Soldier River

East Soldier River

Middle Soldier River

Little Sioux River

Maple River

Elk Creek

West Fork Little Sioux River

Mill Creek

Ocheyedan River

Little Ocheyedan River

Floyd River

West Branch Floyd River

Little Floyd River

Perry Creek

Big Sioux River

Rock River

Little Rock River

East Branch Rock River

Beaver Creek

Slip-up Creek

Split Rock Creek

Silver Creek

Flandreau Creek

Medary Creek

Bullhead Run

Indian River

Vermillion River

James River

Wolf Creek

Pierre Creek

Rock Creek

Shue Creek

Timber Creek

Snake Creek

Mud Creek

Moccasin Creek

Foot Creek

Elm River

Pipestem River

Kelly Creek

Snatch Creek

Bazile Creek

Niobrara River

Verdigre Creek

Redbird Creek

Eagle Creek

Keya Paha River

Shadley Creek

Crazy Hole Creek

Holt Creek

Plum Creek

Minnechaduza Creek

Snake River

Steer Creek

Bear Creek

Leander Creek

Rush Creek

Pine Creek

Butte Creek

Ponca Creek

Choteau Creek

Randall Creek

Garden Creek

Platte Creek

Castalia Creek

Edgerton Creek

White River

White Thunder Creek

Little White River

Pine Creek

Cut Meat Creek

Scabby Creek

Black Pipe Creek

Porcupine Creek

Potato Creek

Medicine Root Creek

No Flesh Creek

Wounded Knee Creek

Slim Butte Creek

American Creek

Crow Creek

Knoll Creek

Chaney Rush Creek

Chapelle Creek

Bad River

War Creek

White Clay Creek

Dry Creek

Big Prairie Dog Creek

Mitchell Creek

North Fork Bad River

Dirty Womans Creek

Mexican Creek

South Fork Bad River

Pierre to Bismarck

Okobojo Creek

Mail Shack Creek

Cheyenne River

Fishgut Creek

Rudy Creek

Straighthead Creek

Spotted Bear Creek

Cherry Creek

Belle Fourche River

Alkali Creek

Bear Butte Creek

Cottle Creek

Vanocker Creek

Whitewood Creek

Whitetail Creek

Fantail Creek

Redwater River

Spearfish Creek

Blacktail Creek

Kara Creek

Elk Creek

Boxelder Creek

Bogus Jim Creek

Rapid Creek

Victoria Creek

Castle Creek

Heely Creek

North Fork Rapid Creek

Buskala Creek

Spring Creek

Battle Creek

French Creek

Sidney Creek

Glen Erin Creek

Laughing Water Creek

Beaver Creek

Well Pole Creek

Lame Johnny Creek

Flynn Creek

Fall River

Hot Brook

Horsehead Creek

Cascade Creek

Hat Creek

Plains Creek

Red Canyon Creek

Hawkwright Creek

Pleasant Valley Creek

Moss Agate Creek

Lance Creek

Black Thunder Creek

Little Thunder Creek

Antelope Creek

Dry Fork Cheyenne River

Stove Creek

Moreau River

Virgin Creek

Little Moreau River

Red Earth Creek

Bear Creek

Irish Creek

Thunder Butte Creek

Beaver Trap Creek

Flint Rock Creek

Deep Creek

Rabbit Creek

Peggy Creek

Beverly Creek

North Fork Moreau River

South Fork Moreau River

Battle Creek

Grand River

High Bank Creek

Firesteel Creek

Black Horse Butte Creek

Thunder Hawk Creek

Willow Creek

North Fork Grand River

Buffalo Creek

Lightning Creek

Crooked Creek

Trunk Creek

Staadt Creek

Spring Creek

South Fork Grand River

Flat Creek

Lodgepole Creek

Box Spring Creek

Big Nasty Creek

Skull Creek

Sioux Creek

Atterbury Creek

Tall Prairie Chicken Creek

Oak Creek

Fourmile Creek

Porcupine Creek

Beaver Creek

Cannonball River

Cantapeta Creek

Dogtooth Creek

Cedar Creek

Hay Creek

Brushy Creek

Duck Creek

Snake Creek

Morris Creek

Sheep Creek

Thirtymile Creek

Apple Creek

Heart River

Sweetbriar Creek

Big Muddy Creek

Haymarsh Creek

Antelope Creek

Heart Butte Creek

Green River

Ash Creek

South Branch Heart River

Bismarck to Williston

Burnt Creek

Painted Woods Creek

Turtle Creek

Knife River

Spring Creek

Elm Creek

Deep Creek

Crooked Creek

Little Knife River

Garrison Creek

Douglas Creek (submerged under Lake Sakakawea)

East Branch Douglas Creek

Middle Branch Douglas Creek

West Branch Douglas Creek

Little Missouri River

Cherry Creek

Rough Creek

Crosby Creek

Beicegel Creek

Beaver Creek

Elk Creek

Knutson Creek

Davis Creek

Sand Creek

Deep Creek

West Fork Deep Creek

East Fork Deep Creek

Cannonball Creek

Beaver Creek

Boxelder Creek

Cabin Creek

Dry House Creek

Willow Creek

North Fork Little Missouri River

Prairie Creek

Shell Creek

East Fork Shell Creek

West Shell Creek

Bear Den Creek

Little Knife River

White Earth River

Paulsen Creek

Little Muddy River

Yellowstone River Basin

Yellowstone River

Charbonneau Creek

Horse Creek

Fox Creek

Burns Creek

Box Elder Creek

Clear Creek

Cedar Creek

O'Fallon Creek

Sandstone Creek

Powder River

Mispah Creek

Little Powder River

Clear Creek

Buffalo Creek

Piney Creek

Little Piney Creek

Rock Creek

French Creek

Wild Horse Creek

Crazy Woman Creek

South Fork Crazy Woman Creek

Middle Fork Crazy Woman Creek

North Fork Crazy Woman Creek

Dry Fork Powder River

Salt Creek

South Fork Powder River

North Fork Powder River

Middle Fork Powder River

Red Fork Powder River

Buffalo Creek

Tongue River

Pumpkin Creek

Ash Creek

Foster Creek

Lay Creek

Liscom Creek

Beaver Creek

Otter Creek

Hanging Woman Creek

Prairie Dog Creek

Goose Creek

Soldier Creek

Big Goose Creek

Little Goose Creek

Wolf Creek

Rosebud Creek

Little Rosebud Creek

West Rosebud Creek

Lame Deer Creek

Muddy Creek

Davis Creek

Armells Creek

East Fork Armells Creek

West Fork Armells Creek

Sarpy Creek

Bighorn River

Tullock Creek

Little Bighorn River

Beauvais Creek

Rotten Grass Creek

Soap Creek

Porcupine Creek

Crooked Creek

Shoshone River

Sage Creek

Spring Creek

North Fork Shoshone River

Elk Fork Shoshone River

South Fork Shoshone River

Dry Creek

Shell Creek

Beaver Creek

Greybull River

Meeteetse Creek

Wood River

South Fork Wood River

Francs Fork Greybull River

Nowood River

Paint Rock Creek

Tensleep Creek

Otter Creek

Deep Creek

Fifteenmile Creek

Middle Fork Fifteenmile Creek

South Fork Fifteenmile Creek

Nowater Creek

Gooseberry Creek

Cottonwood Creek

Grass Creek

Prospect Creek

Kirby Creek

Owl Creek

Wind River

Muddy Creek

Badwater Creek

Poison Creek

Fivemile Creek

Muskrat Creek

Little Wind River

Beaver Creek

Popo Agie River

North Popo Agie River

Middle Popo Agie River

Little Popo Agie River

Sage Creek

South Fork Little Wind River

North Fork Little Wind River

Dry Creek

Bull Lake Creek

Crow Creek

Dinwoody Creek

East Fork Wind River

Wiggins Fork Wind River

Horse Creek

Du Noir Creek

Fly Creek

Arrow Creek

Pryor Creek

Hay Creek

Blue Creek

Clarks Fork Yellowstone River

Rock Creek

Red Lodge Creek

Bear Creek

Bennett Creek

O'Hara Creek

Sunlight Creek

Crandall Creek

Stillwater River

Rosebud Creek

West Rosebud Creek

East Rosebud Creek

Limestone Creek

Sweet Grass Creek

Otter Creek

Boulder River

West Boulder River

East Boulder River

East Fork Boulder River

Big Timber Creek

Swamp Creek

Duck Creek

Shields River

Rock Creek

Cottonwood Creek

Flathead Creek

Gardiner River

Lava Creek

Winter Creek

Obsidian Creek

Hellroaring Creek

Lamar River

Slough Creek

Soda Butte Creek

Cache Creek

Miller Creek

Tower Creek

Raven Creek

Thorofare Creek

North Fork Yellowstone River

South Fork Yellowstone River

North Dakota–Montana Border to Great Falls

Little Muddy Creek

Big Muddy Creek

Smoke Creek

Lake Creek

Poplar River

Boxelder Creek

West Fork Poplar River

Police Creek

Hell Creek

Butte Creek

Middle Fork Poplar River

Lost Child Creek

Coal Creek

East Fork Poplar River

Wolf Creek

Little Porcupine Creek

Milk River

Porcupine Creek

Middle Fork Porcupine Creek

Willow Creek

Rock Creek

Willow Creek

Snake Creek

Beaver Creek

Frenchman Creek

Whitewater Creek

Little Cottonwood Creek

Cottonwood Creek

Black Coulee

Woody Island Coulee

Battle Creek

East Fork Battle Creek

Lodge Creek

Clear Creek

Boxelder Creek

Big Sandy Creek

Sage Creek

Verdigris Coulee

North Fork Milk River

Lonely Valley Creek

Middle Fork Milk River

South Fork Milk River

Big Dry Creek

Woody Creek

Little Dry Creek

Musselshell River

Flatwillow Creek

Box Elder Creek

McDonald Creek

Elk Creek

American Fork Musselshell River

South Fork Musselshell River

North Fork Musselshell River

Armells Creek

Cow Creek

Birch Creek

Judith River

Wolf Creek

Dry Wolf Creek

Warm Springs Creek

Sage Creek

Big Spring Creek

Louse Creek

Ross Fork Creek

Middle Fork Judith River

Lost Fork Judith River

South Fork Judith River

Arrow Creek

Cowboy Creek

Surprise Creek

Marias River

Teton River

Deep Creek

Willow Creek

Pondera Coulee

Willow Creek

Dry Fork Marias River

Cut Bank Creek

Greasewood Creek

Two Medicine River

Birch Creek

Dupuyer Creek

Badger Creek

Highwood Creek

Belt Creek

Great Falls to Three Forks

Sun River

Muddy Creek

Elk Creek

North Fork Sun River

South Fork Sun River

West Fork Sun River

Smith River

Hound Creek

Tenderfoot Creek

Whitetail Deer Creek

Dearborn River

South Fork Dearborn River

Middle Fork Dearborn River

Cuniff Creek

Little Prickly Pear Creek

Prickly Pear Creek

Tenmile Creek

Deep Creek

Crow Creek

Sixteen Mile Creek

South Fork Sixteen Mile Creek

Middle Fork Sixteen Mile Creek

Headwaters

Gallatin River

East Gallatin River

Dry Creek

Bridger Creek

Hyalite Creek

Spanish Creek

Storm Castle Creek

West Fork Gallatin River

Taylor Creek

Madison River

Cedar Creek

Ruby Creek

West Fork Madison River

Lake Creek

Elk River

Duck Creek

South Fork Madison River

Firehole River

Little Firehole River

Gibbon River

Jefferson River

South Boulder River

Boulder River

Little Boulder River

Whitetail Deer Creek

Big Pipestone Creek

Fish Creek

Big Hole River

Divide Creek

Wise River

Pettengill Creek

North Fork Big Hole River

Big Lake Creek

Governor Creek

Beaverhead River

Ruby River

Granite Creek

Sweetwater Creek

Blacktail Deer Creek

Rattlesnake Creek

Grasshopper Creek

Horse Prairie Creek

Trail Creek

Red Rock River

Sage Creek

Junction Creek

Long Creek

Odell Creek

Red Rock Creek

Hell Roaring Creek

Brower's Spring

See also

List of tributaries of the Mississippi River

References

USGS Topo Maps for United States (Map). Cartography by United States Geological Survey. ACME Mapper.

The National Map Seamless Server (Map). Cartography by USGS. U.S. Geological Survey.