Platte River (Iowa and Missouri)




For the larger river of the same name in Nebraska, see Platte River. For other rivers of the same name, see Platte River (disambiguation).


















































Platte River

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The Platte River near Platte City, Missouri


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Map of northern Missouri rivers

Location
Country US
State Iowa, Missouri
District
Platte County, Missouri, Buchanan County, Missouri, Andrew County, Missouri, Nodaway County, Missouri, Worth County, Missouri, Taylor County, Iowa, Ringgold County, Iowa, Adams County, Iowa, Union County, Iowa
Physical characteristics
Source  
 - location
Creston, Iowa, US
 - coordinates 41°08′57″N 94°23′00″W / 41.1492°N 94.3833°W / 41.1492; -94.3833

Mouth Missouri River
 - location
Platte City, Missouri, US
 - coordinates
39°15′51″N 94°50′15″W / 39.2642°N 94.8375°W / 39.2642; -94.8375Coordinates: 39°15′51″N 94°50′15″W / 39.2642°N 94.8375°W / 39.2642; -94.8375
 - elevation
 755 ft (230 m)
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Platte River (Iowa and Missouri)



The Platte River near its confluence with the Missouri River at Farley, Missouri


The Platte River is a tributary of the Missouri River, about 200 miles (320 km) long,[1] in southwestern Iowa and northwestern Missouri in the United States. It is sometimes known as the Little Platte River to distinguish it from the larger Platte River, also a tributary of the Missouri, in nearby Nebraska; the Platte River of Missouri itself has a tributary known as the "Little Platte River".[2][3][4]




Contents






  • 1 Course


  • 2 Tributaries


  • 3 History


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Course


The Platte River rises near Creston in Union County, Iowa, and flows generally southwardly through Adams, Ringgold and Taylor Counties in Iowa; and Worth, Nodaway, Andrew, Buchanan and Platte Counties in Missouri. Along its course it passes the Iowa towns of Maloy, Blockton and Athelstan; and the Missouri towns of Sheridan, Parnell, Ravenwood, Conception Junction, Guilford, Tracy, Platte City and Farley. The Platte flows into the Missouri River near Farley, downstream of Leavenworth, Kansas.[5][6]


Several sections of the river's course have been straightened and channelized.[5][6]



Tributaries



  • Near its headwaters in Iowa the Platte collects minor branches known as the West Platte River,[7]Middle Platte River,[8] and East Platte River.[9][5]

  • In Buchanan County, Missouri, it collects the One Hundred and Two River and the Third Fork,[10] which rises in Gentry County and flows southwardly through DeKalb County, past Union Star. The Third Fork collects the Little Third Fork,[11] which flows southwardly through DeKalb and Buchanan Counties, past Clarksdale.[6]

  • In Platte County, Missouri, it collects the Little Platte River,[4] which rises in DeKalb County and flows south-southwestwardly through Clinton and Clay Counties, past Plattsburg and Smithville. Near Smithville, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam causes the Little Platte River to form Smithville Lake.[6]



History


Main article: Platte Purchase

When Missouri entered the union in 1821, the western border of Missouri from Arkansas to Iowa was based on the confluence of the Kansas River and Missouri River in the West Bottoms in Kansas City. Land in what is now the northwest Missouri was deeded to the Ioway, Sac and Fox tribes.


However, settlers (most notably Joseph Robidoux in St. Joseph, Missouri) began encroaching on the land. Further settlers in northern Missouri were upset about being cut off from the Missouri.




Excerpt from the Lewis and Clark map of 1814 shows the river identified as the "Little River Platte"


In 1836, William Clark (of Lewis and Clark) persuaded the tribes to sell their lands in northwest Missouri. The deal known as the Platte Purchase was named for the river was ratified in 1837 and the tribes were paid $7,500 for an area about the combined size of Delaware and Rhode Island. The land was then annexed to Missouri.


In 1838 settlers used the river (and the Nodaway River) to reach the heart of the newly available land. The Platte River is not used for transportation in modern times although Missouri River steam boats did call on Tracy, Missouri.


On September 3, 1861, bushwhackers burned a bridge over the river at St. Joseph, Missouri, derailing a Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad train killing between 17 and 20 and injuring 200 in one of the worst attacks on a passenger train in the Platte Bridge Railroad Tragedy during the American Civil War. Union forces were to burn Platte City, Missouri in 1861 and 1864 as they tried to force the residents to give up Silas M. Gordon, the suspected ringleader of the attack.


The river is the biggest river in the Platte Purchase area and it flows through the Kansas City Metropolitan Area as well as St. Joseph, Missouri metropolitan area. The river is an eighth order river.


Average flow at mile 25.1 is 1,925 cubic feet second (54.5 m3/s). The highest flow was 37,800 ft3/s (1070 m3/s) during the Great Flood of 1993 on July 26, 1993. The lowest flow was 12 ft3/s (0.33 m/s) during a drought in August 1989.



See also



  • List of Iowa rivers

  • List of Missouri rivers



References





  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 30, 2011


  2. ^ Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry for "Little Platte River" Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine.


  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Platte River


  4. ^ ab U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Platte River


  5. ^ abc DeLorme (1998). Iowa Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
    ISBN 978-0-89933-214-7.


  6. ^ abcd DeLorme (2002). Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme.
    ISBN 978-0-89933-353-3.


  7. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Platte River


  8. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Middle Platte River


  9. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: East Platte River


  10. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Third Fork


  11. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Third Fork




External links



  • Missouri Department of Conservation Profile of the River

  • Smithville Lake website


  • Media related to Little Platte River at Wikimedia Commons









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