Missouri | Southwest Missouri
Beaver CreekBeaver Creek Campground / Brownbranch to Highway 76 Bridge at Bradleyville
Ozark creek day float from the fee launch at Beaver Creek Campground in Brownbranch to the Highway 76 bridge at Bradleyville. MDC confirms the access pair, USGS 07054080 is live at the take-out corridor, and MoHERP provides route-specific level evidence.
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Route overview
Trip details
Access rules, camping and seasonal notes.
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Access and shuttle
Launch at Beaver Creek Campground in Brownbranch and take out at the Highway 76 bridge area in Bradleyville for a 7.9-mile Beaver Creek day. Use the Bradleyville USGS gauge with MoHERP bands, and skip the route when the gauge is high, rising, or below the low-water floor.
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Put-in
Beaver Creek Campground / BrownbranchBrownbranch is a private fee-access campground, not an MDC area. Confirm current access fees, parking, shuttle options, and launch conditions before counting on it.
Take-out
Highway 76 Bridge at BradleyvilleMDC currently describes the Highway 76 bridge in Bradleyville as a launch option, but MoHERP trip notes flag post-flood degradation and past confusion around MO 76 access. Scout the take-out first and obey any posted private-property limits.
Road shuttle
Use a rural two-car or campground-supported shuttle between Beaver Creek Campground in Brownbranch and the Highway 76 bridge area in Bradleyville. Inspect the Bradleyville take-out before launching because flood changes, gravel, private drives, and bridge-area access can make the landing less obvious than the route name suggests.
Additional access notes
- The Bradleyville coordinate is anchored to the USGS gauge / Highway 76 bridge corridor rather than a separate managed-ramp coordinate. Use it for navigation to the take-out corridor, then follow current on-site access conditions.
More route and safety guidance
- This narrow Ozark creek has riffles, gravel bars, tree strainers, flood-deposited wood, possible portages, and a steeper final riffle into Bradleyville. Recheck the gauge trend and recent storms rather than relying on one reading, and postpone when water is high or rising.
- Brownbranch is a private fee campground, while the Highway 76 landing is a bridge-area corridor that can degrade or become confusing after floods. Confirm current fee access, parking, shuttle terms, and a legal take-out before launch; do not assume private drives or banks provide an alternate finish.
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Beaver Creek at Bradleyville, MO. This view may be outside your paddling reach. Images are periodic and do not establish safe conditions.
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Data behind the scoreWater levels, published guidance and update times
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| Gauge site | Beaver Creek at Bradleyville, MO |
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| Preferred range | 200 cfs to 395 cfs |
| Low threshold | 100 cfs |
| High threshold | 727 cfs |
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| Main source behind this score | Rivers.MOHERP Bradleyville gauge bands and Brownbranch-to-Bradleyville trip rows |
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NotesPublished evidence and verification notes
These notes cover the access details, route quirks, and source caveats most likely to matter once you get there.
- Public / fee access pairBrownbranch campground to Highway 76 bridge
MDC says most Beaver Creek floats begin at Brownbranch and downstream, and that visitors can pay a small fee to park and launch at Beaver Creek Campground in Brownbranch or launch at the Highway 76 bridge in Bradleyville.
- Route-specific trip rowsBrownbranch to Bradleyville, 7.9 miles
Rivers.MOHERP lists exact Brownbranch-to-Bradleyville rows at 7.9 miles, including Good reports at 210, 241, 258, 276, 442, 496, and 532 cfs and Low / Poor reports in the mid-70 cfs range.
- Gauge bands100 / 200-395 / 727 cfs
MoHERP rates the Bradleyville gauge as Poor around 50 cfs, Low beginning around 100 cfs, Good beginning around 200 cfs, High beginning around 727 cfs, and Flood around 1,610 cfs. The app uses those community bands conservatively.
- Gauge check during route review · May 31, 2026USGS 07054080
This reading was saved when we checked the guide. It is not today’s water level. Check the current gauge and local conditions before paddling.
- Put-in coordinate36.79540057, -92.83080082
The Dyrt publishes coordinates for Beaver Creek Canoe Rental, Campground & Cabins, and describes the private campground as river-accessible with boat-in access and canoe-rental context. MDC supplies the stronger access authority.
- Take-out coordinate36.77963889, -92.90727778
USGS publishes the Beaver Creek at Bradleyville monitoring-location coordinate at the Highway 76 bridge corridor. MDC supplies the paddling-access authority for the Bradleyville bridge; this is not a separate managed-ramp coordinate.
- Access caveatBradleyville / MO 76 can be rough or confusing
MoHERP notes include a 2025 report that the Bradleyville take-out continues to degrade after floods and a 2019 warning about MO 76 access confusion. Paddle Today keeps the MDC access wording but requires scouting the take-out before committing.
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