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 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 RiverBlack RiverWhite RiverMississippi RiverGulf 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. [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.

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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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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