Fourche River Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2004, 2nd edition, p. 28,
  2. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:76963,Fourche%20River GNIS data
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 66,
  4. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 9, 2011