The source for Clear Creek is northeast of Fayetteville not far beyond the intersection of Springdale’s Don Tyson Parkway and Habberton Road.
It is the primary feeder for Lake Fayetteville and runs almost due west into it and then continues farther west after Lake Fayetteville’s spillway, flowing through Johnson, around the north side of Wheeler and gaining volume with Hamestring Creek before joining the Illinois River near the community of Savoy.