Dry Fork is a stream in Ralls County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of Mark Twain Lake on the Salt River.

The stream headwaters arise at 39°25′35″N 91°36′28″W / 39.42639°N 91.60778°W / 39.42639; -91.60778[1] about 3.5 miles east of the community of Perry. The stream flows generally north passing under Missouri Route K and Missouri Route 19 and on to enter the waters of Mark Twain Lake south of the Ray Behrens Recreation Area. Prior to the impounding of the lake Dry Fork entered Lick Creek at 39°30′07″N 91°38′55″W / 39.50194°N 91.64861°W / 39.50194; -91.64861.[1][2][3]

Dry Fork was named for the fact it often ran dry.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dry Fork (Salt River tributary)
  2. ↑ Perry NE, MO, Perry, MO, and Joanna, MO. 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1959 and 1973
  3. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 32, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  4. ↑ "Ralls County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.



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