| Shoal Creek | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Missouri |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Southwest Missouri - Southeast Kansas |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 431cuft/s[1] |
| Source1 Location: | Barry County, Missouri |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 36.6475°N -93.9625°W |
| Mouth: | Spring River |
| Mouth Location: | Cherokee County, Kansas |
| Mouth Elevation: | 246m (807feet) |
| Extra: | [2] |
Shoal Creek is an 81.5adj=midNaNadj=mid[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.
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]