Shoal Creek (Spring River tributary)

Shoal Creek
Shoal Creek from Inspiration Point, near Joplin, Missouri
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
RegionSouthwest Missouri - Southeast Kansas
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBarry County, Missouri
 • coordinates36°38′51″N 93°57′45″W / 36.64750°N 93.96250°W / 36.64750; -93.96250
MouthSpring River
 • location
Cherokee County, Kansas
 • coordinates
37°03′17″N 94°42′03″W / 37.05472°N 94.70083°W / 37.05472; -94.70083
 • elevation
246 m (807 ft)
Discharge 
 • average431 cu ft/s (12.2 m3/s)

Shoal Creek is an 81.5-mile-long (131.2 km) stream tributary of the Spring River in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas. It begins in Barry County, Missouri southwest of Exeter and flows west through Newton county in Missouri before emptying into the Spring River near Riverton in Cherokee County, Kansas.

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