Imboden Fork

Imboden Fork or Imboden Creek is a stream in Iron and Reynolds counties of southeast Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the East Fork Black River.

The Imboden Fork headwaters arise in Iron County at 37°38′58″N 90°46′23″W / 37.64944°N 90.77306°W / 37.64944; -90.77306[1] at an elevation of about 1,340 ft (410 m)[2] and the confluence with the East Fork in Reynolds County is at 37°33′17″N 90°50′40″W / 37.55472°N 90.84444°W / 37.55472; -90.84444 at an elevation of 833 ft (254 m).[1] The source area lies within the Mark Twain National Forest about three miles southwest of Belleview. The stream flows to the southwest and is followed by Missouri Route O through the forest. At its junction with Shut-in Creek the stream turns south and flows along Missouri Route MM past the community of Monterey and on to its confluence with the East Fork just north of Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park.[2][3][4]

The stream was named for an early settler to the area.[5]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Imboden Fork
  2. ^ a b Banner, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968
  3. ^ Johnson Shut-Ins, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1999
  4. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 56, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  5. ^ "Iron County Place Names, 1928-1945, The State Historical Society of Missouri, Manuscript Collection". Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2017-10-11.