Shoal Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
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tributary of the Spring River in southwest

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and southeast

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. It begins in Barry County, Missouri southwest of

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and flows west through Newton county in Missouri before emptying into the Spring River near Riverton in Cherokee County, Kansas.

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

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shuttled visitors to the site.History of Great Falls
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Grand Falls

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