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)[1]
[2]

Shoal Creek is an 81.5-mile-long (131.2 km)[3] 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.

Grand Falls

South of Joplin the stream flows over Grand Falls, a large waterfall that spans the entire creek from bank to bank. In the 1890s a hydroelectric plant was built at the site but has since been abandoned. A theatre, boat houses, a German Village and a dance pavilion were built by the falls in the early 20th century and the Missouri Pacific Railroad shuttled visitors to the site.[4]

See also

References

  1. Waterdata, USGS
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shoal Creek (Spring River tributary) GNIS for Shoal Creek
  3. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 31, 2011
  4. History of Great Falls



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