Fivemile Creek is a stream in Newton County, Missouri and Ottawa County, Oklahoma in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of the Spring River in northeastern Oklahoma.[2]

The stream headwaters arise at 36°56′16″N 94°31′42″W / 36.93778°N 94.52833°W / 36.93778; -94.52833[1] at 1,153 ft (351 m) elevation.[3] 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.[2] The confluence is at 36°58′48″N 94°42′03″W / 36.98000°N 94.70083°W / 36.98000; -94.70083 at an elevation of 797 ft (243 m).[1]

The watercourse of Fivemile Creek is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) from Neosho, Missouri, hence the name.[4] However, the headwaters of the stream are approximately nine miles northwest of Neosho and it flows to the northwest away from the city.[5]

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  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fivemile Creek (Spring River tributary)
  2. 1 2 Peoria, OK, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1960 (1982 rev.)
  3. ↑ Racine, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1949 (1979 rev.)
  4. ↑ "Newton County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  5. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, Delorme, 3rd ed. 2007, p.60 ISBN 0899333532



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