Brush Creek Natural Area
ST. CLAIR 118 Brush Creek
Niangua darter
A 26-acre portion of the Birdsong Conservation Area which includes 0.6 mile of Brush Creek and buffer zone in the SE1/4 of Section 20, T36N, R25W, Arnica 7.5 min. topographic map. Designated November 16, 1984.
Natural Features
A relatively undisturbed, Ozark creek with a diverse fauna and critical habitat for the federally threatened Niangua darter in the Springfield Plateau Section of The Ozark Natural Division. Brush Creek has a very stable channel and welldefined runs, riffles and pools. Forty-one species of fish have been recorded for the area and invertebrate life is also diverse. Large golden redhorse, longear sunfish, northern hog sucker, Ozark minnow, bleeding shiner and striped fantail and rainbow darters are some of the common fish. The buffer zone includes dolomite cliffs and upland forest. For further information contact the Wildlife District Supervisor, Osage District Office, 722 E. Hwy 54, P.O. Box 106, El Dorado Springs, MO 64744, phone 417/876-5226.
