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Beaver Creek is a stream in Phelps County, Missouri. It is a tributary of Little Piney Creek.

The stream headwaters arise in southern Phelps County approximately three miles north of the community of Lecoma in adjacent Dent County at 37.80639°N, -91.75083°W. The stream flows generally north for approximately three miles then turns westward to pass under US Route 63 about four miles south of Rolla. The stream flows to the west-northwest entering the Mark Twain National Forest and on to its confluence with Little Piney Creek approximately two miles east of Newburg at 37.90306°N, -91.86111°W.

Beaver Creek received its name due to the numerous beaver dams observed along its course.