| Howell Creek | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Warm Fork Spring River |
| Pushpin Map: | Missouri#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Howell Creek mouth |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Missouri |
| Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
| Subdivision Name3: | Oregon Howell |
| Subdivision Type4: | City |
| Subdivision Name4: | West Plains |
| Length: | 17.19miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Warm Fork Spring River |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 128.6cuft/s at mouth with Warm Fork Spring River[2] |
| Source1: | Confluence of North and South Fork Howell Creek |
| Source1 Location: | West Plains, Missouri |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 36.7337°N -91.8538°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 955feet |
| Mouth: | Warm Fork Spring River |
| Mouth Location: | about 3 miles northeast of Brandsville, Missouri |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 36.6766°N -91.6499°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 750feet |
| Progression: | Warm Fork Spring River → Spring River → Black River → White River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River System: | White River |
| Tributaries Left: | North Fork Howell Creek Spradlin Creek Little Greasy Creek Big Greasy Creek Rattlesnake Branch |
| Tributaries Right: | South Fork Howell Creek Mustion Creek Chapin Branch |
| Bridges: | Washington 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. 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[4] 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[5] The Burlington Northern follows the stream out of West Plains leaving the stream valley approximately two miles northwest of Brandsville.[4] [5]
The stream was named for Josiah Howell, an early settler in the area who moved to the area from Tennessee in the 1840s.[6]