Lake of the Ozarks / Osage Region
Tavern Creek has an official streamgage near St. Elizabeth
The Tavern Creek streamgage below St. Elizabeth gives Miller County residents, farmers, and recreation users an official way to read a local Ozark Highlands stream.
Tavern Creek gives eastern Miller County a measurable stream identity. Missouri DNR says the Tavern Creek streamgage below St. Elizabeth is at the MO-52 bridge northeast of St. Elizabeth in Miller County. The page also says the gage records stage measurements at 15-minute intervals and sends them to USGS hourly.
That turns a local creek into something residents can check with official data. DNR says the gage helps recreation users, landowners, farmers, and the public read accurate stream height information.
For a local reader, the useful move is to use the DNR and USGS streamgage source before guessing from a bridge view. It is a specific Miller County water-data point, not a statewide generality.
References
Where this fits: this note belongs to Miller County. See every local note for the county on its page.