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{{Short description|Stream in the American state of Missouri}}
'''Fall Creek''' is a small creek with headwaters in [[Stone County, Missouri|Stone County]] just south of [[Missouri Route 76]] and northeast of [[Silver Dollar City]]. The stream enters [[Taney County, Missouri|Taney County]] and flows southeast between Route 76 and [[Missouri Route 265]] through west [[Branson, Missouri|Branson]] and joins the [[White River (Arkansas)|White River]] downstream of the [[Table Rock Lake]] dam in south Branson. It flows parallel to and then under [[Missouri Route 165]]. The White River enters [[Lake Taneycomo]] downstream.<ref>Garber, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1989</ref><ref>Table Rock Dam, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1989</ref>
In 1998, raw sewage from a broken sewer killed over 4000 fish in the creek. This was said to be "the largest recorded fish kill" in the White River watershed.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130409225407/http://extra.mdc.mo.gov/fish/watershed/whriver/watqual/index.htm] {{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref>
==Location==
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;Mouth: [[Confluence]] with the [[White River (Arkansas)|White River]] in [[Lake Taneycomo]], [[Taney County, Missouri]]: {{Coord|36.61090|-93.27518|format=dms|display=inline,title|name=Fall Creek mouth|type:river_region:US-MO}}<ref name="GNIS749897">{{cite web
|url        ={{GNIS 3|749897}}
|title      =Fall Creek
|work       =Geographic Names Information System
|publisher  =United States Geological Survey
|accessdate =2014-01-19}}</ref>
;Source: [[Stone County, Missouri]]: {{Coord|36.67728|-93.31657|format=dms|display=inline|name=Fall Creek source|type:river_region:US-MO}}<ref name="GNIS749897" />
==References==
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[[Category:Rivers of Missouri]]
[[Category:Rivers of Taney County, Missouri]]
[[Category:Rivers of Stone County, Missouri]]
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