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Howell Creek

Coordinates: 36°40′35.87″N 091°38′59.64″W / 36.6766306°N 91.6499000°W / 36.6766306; -91.6499000
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Howell Creek
Tributary to Warm Fork Spring River
Howell Creek is located in Missouri
Howell Creek
Location of Howell Creek mouth
Howell Creek is located in the United States
Howell Creek
Howell Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountiesOregon
Howell
CityWest Plains
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of North and South Fork Howell Creek
 • locationWest Plains, Missouri
 • coordinates36°44′1.21″N 091°51′13.54″W / 36.7336694°N 91.8537611°W / 36.7336694; -91.8537611[2]
 • elevation955 ft (291 m)[1]
MouthWarm Fork Spring River
 • location
about 3 miles northeast of Brandsville, Missouri
 • coordinates
36°40′35.87″N 091°38′59.64″W / 36.6766306°N 91.6499000°W / 36.6766306; -91.6499000[1]
 • elevation
750 ft (230 m)[1]
Length17.19 mi (27.66 km)[3]
Basin size94.61 square miles (245.0 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationWarm Fork Spring River
 • average128.60 cu ft/s (3.642 m3/s) at mouth with Warm Fork Spring River[4]
Basin features
ProgressionWarm Fork Spring RiverSpring RiverBlack RiverWhite RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River systemWhite River
Tributaries 
 • leftNorth Fork Howell Creek
Spradlin Creek
Little Greasy Creek
Big Greasy Creek
Rattlesnake Branch
 • rightSouth Fork Howell Creek
Mustion Creek
Chapin Branch
BridgesWashington Avenue, E 1st Street, St Louis Street, N Howell Avenue, County Road 8240, Mo-ZZ, Burlington-Northern RR, County Road 9030, Burlington-Northern RR, County Road 9510, County Road 9690, County Road 9790


Howell Creek is a stream in Howell and Oregon counties of southern Missouri.[1] The stream is a tributary to the Warm Fork Spring River.

The stream headwaters arise in Howell County within the city of West Plains at the confluence of the North Fork and South Fork streams[5] The stream flows to the southeast within the Howell Valley roughly parallel to U.S. Route 63 passing the community of Chapin. It turns to the east passing two miles north of the community of Brandsville and enters Oregon County. The stream meanders east to merge with Elk Creek to form the Warm Fork Spring River[6] The Burlington Northern follows the stream out of West Plains leaving the stream valley approximately two miles northwest of Brandsville.[5][6]

The stream was named for Josiah Howell, an early settler in the area who moved to the area from Tennessee in the 1840s.[7]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Howell Creek
  2. ^ "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Watershed Report | Office of Water | US EPA". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  5. ^ a b West Plains, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983.
  6. ^ a b Brandsville, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1986.
  7. ^ Howell County Place Names, 1928-1945. Missouri State Historical Society