bear, creek, osage, river, tributary, bear, creek, stream, miller, county, state, missouri, tributary, osage, river, stream, headwaters, arise, north, side, ridge, about, miles, north, brumley, 11944, 48889, 11944, 48889, elevation, about, stream, flows, north. Bear Creek is a stream in Miller County in the U S state of Missouri 1 It is a tributary of the Osage River The stream headwaters arise on the north side of a ridge about two miles north of Brumley at 38 07 10 N 92 29 20 W 38 11944 N 92 48889 W 38 11944 92 48889 1 at an elevation of about 840 ft 260 m 2 The stream flows northwest to north passing the old community of Blackmer to its confluence with the Osage adjacent to Wolf Creek at 38 11 33 N 92 30 58 W 38 19250 N 92 51611 W 38 19250 92 51611 at an elevation of 554 ft 169 m 1 3 Bear Creek was so named due to frequent sightings of bears near its course 4 See also editList of rivers of MissouriReferences edit a b c U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Bear Creek Osage River tributary Brumley Missouri 7 5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle USGS 1987 Bagnell Missouri 7 5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle USGS 1983 Miller County Place Names 1928 1945 The State Historical Society of Missouri Archived from the original on June 24 2016 Retrieved November 6 2016 This article related to a river in Missouri is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Miller County Missouri state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bear Creek Osage River tributary amp oldid 1108208739, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,