title: Otter Creek (St. Francis River tributary)
text: # Otter Creek (St. Francis River tributary)
  
  Otter Creek is a stream in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of St. Francis River within Lake Wappapello.
  
  The stream headwaters arise at 37°08′04″N 90°37′44″W﻿ / ﻿37.13444°N 90.62889°W﻿ / 37.13444; -90.62889 and the confluence with the St. Francis is at 36°59′03″N 90°22′49″W﻿ / ﻿36.98417°N 90.38028°W﻿ / 36.98417; -90.38028 at an elevation of 358 feet (109 m).
  
  Otter Creek most likely was so named on account of otters near its course.
  
  