Spring Creek formerly known as West Creek, and Round Valley Creek, is a

stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a strea ...

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...

to West Deep Creek in

White Pine County, Nevada White Pine County is a largely rural, mountain County (United States), county along the central eastern boundary of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 9,080. Its county seat is Ely, ...

with its source in

Juab County, Utah Juab County ( ) is a county in western Utah, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 11,786. Its county seat and largest city is Nephi. Juab County is part of the Provo– Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statisti ...

. Spring Creek has its source in Juab County, Utah, at an elevation of on the north slope of

Spring Creek Mountain Spring Creek Mountain is a summit of the South Mountains in Juab County, Utah, but the mountain lies partly within White Pine County, Nevada White Pine County is a largely rural, mountain County (United States), county along the central eas ...

at . From there it flows northwest across the Spring Creek Flat into Nevada to join an unnamed stream to form West Deep Creek, at an elevation of near

Eightmile, Nevada Eightmile is a locale on the Goshute Indian Reservation in White Pine County, Nevada. It is located along Spring Creek. History Eightmile was originally the location of Eight Mile Station, a station on the route of the Pony Express. It was ...

the former site of Eightmile Station, (a

Pony Express The Pony Express was an American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders between Missouri and California. It was operated by the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company. During its 18 months of opera ...

then a

stagecoach A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, ) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by ...

station of the

Overland Mail Company Butterfield Overland Mail (officially Overland Mail Company)Waterman L. Ormsby, edited by Lyle H. Wright and Josephine M. Bynum, "The Butterfield Overland Mail", The Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 1991. was a stagecoach service in ...

), eight miles northwest of

Goshute, Utah Goshute is an unincorporated community in Juab County, Utah, United States on the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation. It lies at an elevation of . Goshute is southeast of Eightmile, Nevada, the former site of Eightmile Station, (a ...

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Bodies of water of White Pine County, Nevada Bodies of water of Juab County, Utah {{Utah-geo-stub