Little Sugar Creek is a

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in northwestern Benton County,

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and southwestern McDonald County,

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. It is a

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of the Elk River. The

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of the stream arise in northeast Benton County just southeast of

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(at ).''Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 2004, 2nd edition, p. 22-23, The stream flows west crossing under

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west of

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and Arkansas routes 94 and 72 south of Pea Ridge. The stream turns to the northwest and flows parallel to

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through the Bella Vista area to enter Missouri at the community of Caverna. In Missouri the stream flows northwest passing under

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. The stream passes the community of

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and reaches its

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with

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to form the Elk River just south of Pineville ().''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 60, At Pineville, the creek measures approximately 224 cubic feet per second. Ironically, this stream is actually larger than the so-called "Big" Sugar Creek (see

for its discharge).

References

Rivers of Missouri Rivers of Arkansas Bodies of water of the Ozarks Rivers of Benton County, Arkansas Rivers of McDonald County, Missouri {{Missouri-river-stub