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Missouri
Bald Ridge Creek
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What we do know
Inside Mark Twain National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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River facts
- Water
- Seasonal — can run dry
- Average flow
- 45 cfs
- Average current
- 1.1 ft/s
- Gradient
- 32.1 ft/mi
- Drainage area
- 25 sq mi
Long-term averages modeled by USGS (NHDPlus HR), not today's conditions. Check a gauge before you go.
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Bald Ridge Creek
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About this water
Bald Ridge Creek is an 8.1-mile paddling stretch near Plato, Missouri. It is intermittent and may run dry in some seasons. USGS models an average flow of about 45 cfs and a gradient of about 32.1 feet per mile.
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