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Willow Springs: Headwaters of the Eleven Point River
The Eleven Point River originates as a number of drainages flowing through the town of Willow Springs, in northeastern Howell County. Willow Springs is named for a large spring surrounded by willow trees, about eight miles east of the present city, where the original town was located. The town moved to its current location when the railroad was built in the area. |
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Photo thanks to Jack Forbes and MissouriDepots.com |
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Willow Springs Outing Club Lake This small lake is where the Eleven Point River begins. The lake was originally created to provide water for steam locomotives. It's hemmed in between highways #60 and #63, and the railroad runs alongside its northeast shore separated by a screen of trees. You can see the Feed Mill elevators on the other side. |
| Neighborhoods in the southern part of town are in the flood plain of the still very tiny Eleven Point, so drainage ditches are essential. Here this conduit carries runoff. |  |
| At Old Hwy. 63 at Railroad St the Eleven Point finally becomes, officially, a river. The new four lane Hwy. 63 cuts across, seen through the trees at rear. |  |
Kayaking
the Eleven Point  |
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The
development of content for Our Watersheds, Our Homes is funded through
the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency Region VII, through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources,
has provided partial funding for this project under Section 319 of the
Clean Water Act.
This is the Web site of the Bryant Watershed
Education Project, based in West Plains, Missouri. Our site is a toolkit
for exploring the Bryant Creek, North Fork, Eleven Point and Upper
Spring watersheds in the southern Missouri Ozarks.
Learn more.
