Warm Fork Spring River

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Warm Fork Spring River
Tributary to Spring River
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Location of Spring River mouth
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Warm Fork Spring River (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
Arkansas
County Fulton (AR)
Oregon (MO)
City Thayer, MO
Physical characteristics
Sourceconfluence of Howell Creek and Elk Creek
 • locationabout 3 miles northeast of Brandsville, Missouri
 • coordinates 36°40′35.87″N091°38′59.64″W / 36.6766306°N 91.6499000°W / 36.6766306; -91.6499000 [1]
 • elevation750 ft (230 m) [2]
Mouth Spring River
 • location
 Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
 • coordinates
 36°29′40.23″N091°23′9.51″W / 36.4945083°N 91.3859750°W / 36.4945083; -91.3859750 [2]
 • elevation
492 ft (150 m) [2]
Length19.21 mi (30.92 km) [3]
Basin size238.04 square miles (616.5 km2) [4]
Discharge 
 • location Spring River
 • average317.46 cu ft/s (8.989 m3/s) at mouth with Spring River [4]
Basin features
Progression Spring River → Black River → White River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River system White River
Tributaries 
 • leftElk Creek
Anthony Branch
Cox Creek
 • right Howell Creek
Bay Creek
BridgesCounty Road M, unnamed road (x4), Oregon County 327, unnamed road, MO 19, E Adams Street, Warm Fork Road, US 63, W Walnut Street, US 63, unnamed road

The Warm Fork Spring River is a stream in Oregon County, Missouri, and northern Fulton County, Arkansas, United States. [2] The stream begins in western Oregon County at the confluence of Howell Creek and Elk Creek and the stream becomes the Spring River at its confluence with the cold springwaters of Mammoth Spring in northern Fulton County.

Contents

The stream was named due to the temperature difference between its waters and the cold springwaters entering from Mammoth Spring. [5] This is the only stream of this name in the United States. [1]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: [1]

See also

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Mill Stone Branch is a stream in Oregon County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. It is a tributary of Warm Fork Spring River. The stream headwaters are located at 36°37′50″N91°35′46″W and the confluence with the Warm Fork is at 36°37′17″N91°34′02″W.

Orchard Creek is a stream in Oregon County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. It is a tributary of the Warm Fork Spring River.

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Howell Creek is a stream in Howell and Oregon counties of southern Missouri. The stream is a tributary to the Warm Fork Spring River.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Warm Fork Spring River
  3. ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Watershed Report | Office of Water | US EPA". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945, The State Historical Society of Missouri


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