Shoal Creek is a

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and

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counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Grand River. The stream headwaters arise approximately one mile south-southeast of Lathrop at at an elevation of approximately . It then flows north past the east side of Lathrop passing under

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. From there, it flows to the north-northeast passing under Missouri Route H two miles east of the community of Turney. It continues passing under

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and

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just north of the Wallace State Park. The stream then flows east passing under Missouri Route 13 just north of

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and approximately six miles south of

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. It meanders to the east and passes into the southern Livingston County flowing past the communities of Ludlow and Dawn. The stream flows to the northeast roughly paralleling the Shoal Creek Ditch two miles south of Utica. It passes under

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and enters the Grand River three miles south of Chillicothe. The confluence is at at an elevation of .''Utica East, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1984

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Rivers of Clinton County, Missouri Rivers of Caldwell County, Missouri Rivers of Livingston County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{Missouri-river-stub