Warm Fork Spring River

The Warm Fork Spring River is a stream in Oregon County, Missouri and northern Fulton County, Arkansas. 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
  elevation750 ft (230 m)
MouthSpring River
  location
Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
  coordinates
36°29′40.23″N 091°23′9.51″W
  elevation
492 ft (150 m)
Length19.21 mi (30.92 km)
Basin size238.04 square miles (616.5 km2)
Discharge 
  locationSpring River
  average317.46 cu ft/s (8.989 m3/s) at mouth with Spring River
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. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.

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