Fourche River | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Arkansas, Missouri |
Length: | 32.4miles |
Source1: | near Poynor, Missouri |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.5181°N -90.9503°W |
Mouth: | Pocahontas, Arkansas |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.2675°N -90.9503°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 246feet |
The Fourche River is a tributary of the Black River in Northeast Arkansas and ending in Randolph County, Arkansas near Pocahontas at its confluence with the Black River.[1] The source is the confluence of Fourche Creek and the west Fork of the Fourche Creek in Ripley County, Missouri.[2] [3] The Fourche River flows for in Missouri and Arkansas.[4]
Other streams in Arkansas with similar names include the Fourche La Fave River that joins the Arkansas River near Bigelow, Arkansas and the Fourche Creek south of Little Rock, Arkansas.