Flint Creek, OK

Flint Creek is a stream that forms in Arkansas and flows generally southwest into Oklahoma. Flint Creek originates around Springtown, Arkansas, and is impounded at Siloam Springs Lake, north of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, before crossing the Oklahoma border. The creek eventually flows into the Illinois River on the eastern boundary of Flint Creek, Oklahoma. A newcomer can read Flint Creek through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Flint Creek comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Normally the creek is crystal clear and flows year-round.