Warm Fork Spring River




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 at 36°40′36″N 91°39′00″W / 36.67667°N 91.65000°W / 36.67667; -91.65000 and the stream becomes the Spring River at its confluence with the cold springwaters of Mammoth Spring in northern Fulton County at 36°29′40″N 91°32′10″W / 36.49444°N 91.53611°W / 36.49444; -91.53611Coordinates: 36°29′40″N 91°32′10″W / 36.49444°N 91.53611°W / 36.49444; -91.53611.[1][2][3]


The stream was named due to the temperature difference between its waters and the cold springwaters entering from Mammoth Spring.[4]



References





  1. ^ ab U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Warm Fork Spring River


  2. ^ Brandesville, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1986


  3. ^ Mammoth Spring, Arkansas - Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1962


  4. ^ Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945, The State Historical Society of Missouri








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