Warm Fork Spring River

The Warm Fork Spring River is a stream in Oregon County, Missouri, and northern Fulton County, Arkansas, United States.^[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.

Warm Fork Spring River Tributary to Spring River
Location of Spring River mouth Show map of Arkansas Warm Fork Spring River (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location
Country	United States
State	Missouri Arkansas
County	Fulton (AR) Oregon (MO)
City	Thayer, MO
Physical characteristics
Source	confluence of Howell Creek and Elk Creek
• location	about 3 miles northeast of Brandsville, Missouri
• coordinates	36°40′35.87″N 091°38′59.64″W[1]
• elevation	750 ft (230 m)[2]
Mouth	Spring River
• location	Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
• coordinates	36°29′40.23″N 091°23′9.51″W[2]
• elevation	492 ft (150 m)[2]
Length	19.21 mi (30.92 km)[3]
Basin size	238.04 square miles (616.5 km2)[4]
Discharge
• location	Spring River
• average	317.46 cu ft/s (8.989 m3/s) at mouth with Spring River[4]
Basin features
Progression	Spring River → Black River → White River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River system	White River
Tributaries
• left	Elk Creek Anthony Branch Cox Creek
• right	Howell Creek Bay Creek
Bridges	County 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.^[1]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:^[1]

• Spring River

Tributaries

• Orchard Creek

See also

• List of rivers of Missouri
• List of rivers of Arkansas