Fivemile Creek (Spring River tributary) explained

Fivemile Creek is a stream in Newton County, Missouri and Ottawa County, Oklahoma in the United States. It is a tributary of the Spring River in northeastern Oklahoma.[1]

The stream headwaters arise at 36.9378°N -94.5283°W at 1153feet elevation.[2] The stream flows to the northwest and passes under Missouri Route 43 just south of the community of Hornet. It passes into the northeast corner of Oklahoma and under I-44. It turns to the southwest, flows past the community of Five Mile and enters the Spring River approximately 2.5 miles south of Baxter Springs, Kansas.[1] The confluence is at 36.98°N -94.7008°W at an elevation of 797feet.

The watercourse of Fivemile Creek is approximately from Neosho, Missouri, hence the name.[3] However, the headwaters of the stream are approximately nine miles northwest of Neosho and it flows to the northwest away from the city.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Peoria, OK, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1960 (1982 rev.)
  2. Racine, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1949 (1979 rev.)
  3. Web site: Newton County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071754/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_newton.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. November 20, 2016.
  4. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, Delorme, 3rd ed. 2007, p.60