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.