Anthony Branch

Anthony Branch
Tributary to Warm Fork Spring River
Anthony Branch is located in Missouri
Anthony Branch
Location of Anthony Branch mouth
Anthony Branch is located in the United States
Anthony Branch
Anthony Branch (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyOregon
Physical characteristics
SourceMill Creek divide
 • locationabout 6 miles west of Alton, Missouri
 • coordinates36°41′17.21″N 091°30′47.50″W / 36.6881139°N 91.5131944°W / 36.6881139; -91.5131944[2]
 • elevation1,010 ft (310 m)[1]
MouthWarm Fork Spring River
 • location
about 4 miles north of Thayer, Missouri
 • coordinates
36°36′0.22″N 091°32′52.51″W / 36.6000611°N 91.5479194°W / 36.6000611; -91.5479194[1]
 • elevation
584 ft (178 m)[1]
Length6.64 mi (10.69 km)[3]
Basin size18.55 square miles (48.0 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationWarm Fork Spring River
 • average24.21 cu ft/s (0.686 m3/s) at mouth with Warm Fork Spring River[4]
Basin features
ProgressionWarm Fork Spring RiverSpring RiverBlack RiverWhite RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River systemWhite River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesOregon 327

Anthony Branch is a stream in Oregon County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Warm Fork Spring River.

The stream source area lies south of Missouri Route P about 5 miles west of Alton. The stream flows south-southeast for about six miles and joins the Warm Fork about 4.5 miles north of Thayer.[5]

Anthony Branch, historically called "Anthony Creek", has the name of the local Anthony family.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Anthony Branch
  2. ^ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Watershed Report | Office of Water | US EPA". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  5. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 65, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  6. ^ "Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.