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]