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Bryant Creek

The total length of the Bryant is about 60 miles, from its headwaters in Wright County until it flows into the North Fork just above Norfork Lake in Ozark County. It is floatable for 42.6 miles from Vera Cruz to the North Fork.
 
Bryant Creek

Bryant Creek is a typical losing stream. It begins as an intermittent flow fed by several small drainages. The headwaters lie within what is now the Cedar Gap Conservation Area, at an altitude of about one thousand feet above sea level.

At Bryant Spring, near Ava, it becomes perennial for several miles, and around Dry Creek, it disappears underground. Just above Tarbutton Creek it resurfaces, and resumes its flow as a perennial (year-round) stream. At its confluence with the North Fork, its altitude is about five hundred and sixty feet above sea level. 

Bryant Creek flows through the three Missouri Ozarks counties of Wright, Douglas, and Ozark until it joins the North Fork of the White River.

The Bryant Creek watershed contains about 373,600 acres over 584 square miles. This is a beautiful hardwood and pine forested area with considerable land cleared for raising cattle. Latest figures on land use: grassland (includes pasture and hay forage crops): 141,233 acres, 221 square miles; forest: 227,032 acres, 355 square miles.

Related Material

Bryant Watershed Map
with major roads, towns and special places.

Bryant Creek Quiz
background reading with interactive quiz.
Click for photo tourBryant Creek
Photo Tour
Topography Overview
The northern headwaters of the Bryant. Stream gradients: how the Bryant drops from its beginning at Cedar Gap down to where it joins the North Fork 
 
  Source: Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership (MoRAP) land cover data.
Written by Hank Dorst and Peter Callaway. Photo by Peter Callaway.
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