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Warm Fork Spring River

The Warm Fork Spring River is a stream in Oregon County, Missouri and northern Fulton County, Arkansas.[1] 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.

Warm Fork Spring River
Tributary to Spring River
Location of Spring River mouth
Warm Fork Spring River (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
Arkansas
CountyFulton (AR)
Oregon (MO)
CityThayer, MO
Physical characteristics
Sourceconfluence of Howell Creek and Elk Creek
 • locationabout 3 miles northeast of Brandsville, Missouri
 • coordinates36°40′35.87″N 091°38′59.64″W / 36.6766306°N 91.6499000°W / 36.6766306; -91.6499000[2]
 • elevation750 ft (230 m)[1]
MouthSpring River
 • location
Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
 • coordinates
36°29′40.23″N 091°23′9.51″W / 36.4945083°N 91.3859750°W / 36.4945083; -91.3859750[1]
 • elevation
492 ft (150 m)[1]
Length19.21 mi (30.92 km)[3]
Basin size238.04 square miles (616.5 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationSpring River
 • average317.46 cu ft/s (8.989 m3/s) at mouth with Spring River[4]
Basin features
ProgressionSpring RiverBlack RiverWhite RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River systemWhite River
Tributaries 
 • leftElk Creek
Anthony Branch
Cox Creek
 • rightHowell 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 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.[2]

Variant names edit

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[2]

  • Spring River

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Warm Fork Spring River
  2. ^ a b c "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "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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