Warm Fork Spring River

Stream in Missouri and Arkansas, U.S.
36°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 featuresProgressionSpring River → Black River → White River → Mississippi River → Gulf of MexicoRiver systemWhite RiverTributaries  • leftElk Creek
Anthony Branch
Cox Creek • rightHowell Creek
Bay CreekBridgesCounty 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.[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.

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

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

  • Spring River

See also

References

  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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