Allen Branch Tributary to Fourche a Renault | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Missouri |
County | Washington |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lost Creek divide |
• location | about 5 miles south-southeast of Shirley, Missouri |
• coordinates | 37°51′54″N 090°54′09″W / 37.86500°N 90.90250°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,170 ft (360 m) [2] |
Mouth | Fourche a Renault |
• location | about 0.5 miles south of Shirley, Missouri |
• coordinates | 37°55′43″N 090°55′01″W / 37.92861°N 90.91694°W [1] |
• elevation | 850 ft (260 m) [3] |
Length | 3.15 mi (5.07 km) [4] |
Basin size | 11.41 square miles (29.6 km2) [5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Fourche a Renault |
• average | 11.41 cu ft/s (0.323 m3/s) at mouth with Fourche a Renault [5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Fourche a Renault → Mineral Fork → Big River → Meramec River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | Big River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Race Creek |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Briar Patch Lane, MO 8, Sunnen Lake Road (x2) |
Allen Branch is a stream in Washington County, Missouri. [6] It is a tributary of Fourche a Renault.
Allen Branch has the name of John Allen, the original owner of the site. [7]
Allen Branch rises approximately five miles south-southeast of the community of Shirley. The stream flows generally north passing under Missouri Route 8 past Shirley to join the Fourche a Renault about one half mile north of Shirley. [8]
Allen Branch drains 11.41 square miles (29.6 km2) of area, receives about 42.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 334.51, and is about 88% forested. [5]