Spring Creek is a stream in Putnam,

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and Adair counties of northern

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. It is a tributary of the

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. The stream

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arise in southern Putnam County approximately one mile east of the community of Lemmons just north of

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''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p. 16, 17 and 23 at . The stream flows south into northern Sullivan County approximately 3.5 miles northeast of

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and continues to the southeast passing under

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south of Pennville and passes through the Union Ridge Conservation Area and into Adair County. It flows past the community of

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and flows parallel to the south side of

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past the community of Danforth. The stream passes under

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one half mile west of Novinger to its confluence with the Chariton River at . The confluence is six miles west of the city of

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