The stream headwaters arise at 36°44′48″N90°44′15″W / 36.74667°N 90.73750°W / 36.74667; -90.73750[1] in Ripley County, Missouri, at the confluence of the North and South Prongs just west of the Greenville Ford Public Access Area and Missouri Route K.[3] The stream flows to the southeast passing through the Mudpuppy Conservation Area and enters Butler County two miles north-northwest of the community of Faidealing. The stream flows south for about 2.5 miles and turns southwest re-entering Ripley County. It flows through the southeast corner of Ripley County and crosses the Missouri-Arkansas border one mile west of the community of Sinsabaugh, Missouri.[4]