Shoal Creek is an 81.5-mile-long (131.2 km)[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.

Shoal Creek
Shoal Creek from Inspiration Point, near Joplin, Missouri
Location
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Region	Southwest Missouri - Southeast Kansas
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Barry County, Missouri
• coordinates	36°38′51″N 93°57′45″W
Mouth	Spring River
• location	Cherokee County, Kansas
• coordinates	37°03′17″N 94°42′03″W
• elevation	246 m (807 ft)
Discharge
• average	431 cu ft/s (12.2 m3/s)[1]
[2]

Grand Falls

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]

See also

• List of rivers of Kansas
• List of rivers of Missouri

References