title: Beaverdam Creek (South Fork Blackwater River tributary)
text: # Beaverdam Creek (South Fork Blackwater River tributary)
  
  Beaverdam Creek (also spelled Beaver Dam Creek) is a stream in Pettis County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the South Fork Blackwater River.
  
  The stream headwaters arise approximately one mile north of the community of La Monte at 38°47′07″N 93°24′55″W﻿ / ﻿38.7852778°N 93.4152778°W﻿ / 38.7852778; -93.4152778 and it flows generally north about four miles parallel to and just east of Missouri Route 127 to its confluence with the South Fork approximately 2.5 miles east-northeast of the community of Stokley at 38°50′56″N 93°25′29″W﻿ / ﻿38.8489048°N 93.4246543°W﻿ / 38.8489048; -93.4246543.
  
  Beaverdam Creek was so named due to the presence of beaver dams in the area.
  
  