North Fork River (Missouri–Arkansas)

The North Fork River or the North Fork of White River is a 109-mile-long (175 km)^[1] tributary of the White River, into which it flows near Norfork, Arkansas.

It rises in Wright County, Missouri, southeast of the city of Mountain Grove, and flows generally southwards through Douglas and Ozark counties.^[2] It flows through Mark Twain National Forest and gathers the waters of many streams, including its major tributary, Bryant Creek. The watershed includes major portions of eastern Douglas and Ozark counties and includes portions of Webster, Wright, Texas and Howell counties in Missouri.^[2]

South of Tecumseh, Missouri, the river becomes Norfork Lake, a reservoir created by Norfork Dam in Baxter County, Arkansas. A few miles below the dam, the North Fork River joins the White River near the town of Norfork, Arkansas. The part of the river below the Norfork Dam is called the Norfork Tailwater and is a trout fishing stream.

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 9, 2011
2. ^ ^{a b} http://mdc.mo.gov/fish/watershed/northfrk/contents/ North Fork of the White River Watershed Missouri, 2001, Missouri Department of Conservation

External links

• Norfork Lake Chamber of Commerce
• http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:77861
• Map of the North Fork watershed
• Map of Bryant Creek watershed, major tributary of the North Fork