 The headwaters arise in northern Hickory County just east of U.S. Route 65 southeast of Cross Timbers.The stream flows northwest to north into Benton County and to the east of Fristoe.It crosses under Missouri Route 7 southeast of Majorville and meanders north to enter the Osage River arm of the Lake of the Ozarks just east of Old Fredonia and six miles east of Warsaw.