List of rivers of Arkansas explained

List of rivers in Arkansas (U.S. state).

For a list of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas, see List of Arkansas dams and reservoirs Rivers are listed by drainage basin, by size, and alphabetically.

By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

Red River

• Mississippi River
  • Red River
    • Black River (LA)
      • Tensas River (LA)
        • Bayou Macon
      • Ouachita River
        • Boeuf River
        • Bayou D'Arbonne (LA)
          • Cornie Bayou
        • Bayou Bartholomew
        • Saline River
          • Hurricane Creek
        • Moro Creek
        • Smackover Creek
        • Little Missouri River
          • Terre Noire Creek
          • Terre Rouge Creek
          • Antoine River
          • Hickory Creek
        • Caddo River
    • Loggy Bayou (LA)
      • Flat River (LA)
        • Red Chute Bayou (LA)
          • Bodcau Bayou and Creek
      • Bayou Dorcheat
    • Sulphur River
    • McKinney Bayou
    • Little River
      • Saline River
      • Cossatot River
        • Little Cossatot River
      • Rolling Fork
      • Mountain Fork

Arkansas River

• Mississippi River
  • Arkansas River
    • Bayou Meto
    • Little Maumelle River
    • Maumelle River
    • Fourche La Fave River
      • South Fourche La Fave River
    • Cadron Creek
    • Point Remove Creek
    • Petit Jean River
    • Illinois Bayou
    • Big Piney Creek
    • Mulberry River
    • Poteau River
      • James Fork
    • Lee Creek
    • Illinois River
      • Flint Creek
        • Sager Creek
      • Hickory Creek
    • Neosho River (OK)
      • Elk River (OK)
        • Big Sugar Creek
        • Little Sugar Creek
          • Tanyard Creek

White River

• Mississippi River
  • White River
    • Arkansas Post Canal
    • La Grue Bayou
    • Big Creek
    • Cache River
      • Bayou De View
    • Bayou des Arc
    • Little Red River
    • Village Creek
    • Black River
      • Strawberry River
        • Little Strawberry River
      • Spring River
        • Warm Fork Spring River
        • Eleven Point River
      • Fourche River
      • Current River
        • Little Black River
    • North Fork River
      • Bennetts River
    • Buffalo River
      • Little Buffalo River
    • Crooked Creek
    • Kings River
    • Hickory Creek

St. Francis River

• Mississippi River
  • St. Francis River
    • L'Anguille River
    • Tyronza River
    • Little River

By size

Rivers are measured by their mean annual flow of water in cubic feet per second (cuft/s). 1 cubic foot per second euqals 1cuft/s.

River	Flow		Location of monitoring station	Notes
	cu ft/s	m^3/s
Mississippi River	671500disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Arkansas River	47970disp=tableNaNdisp=table
White River	26760disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Red River	19230disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Ouachita River	11012disp=tableNaNdisp=table	near Louisiana border
St. Francis	10000disp=tableNaNdisp=table	below junction with L'Anguille River	estimated from limited data from US Army Corps of Engineers. See notes, below
Black River	9893disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Little River	4621disp=tableNaNdisp=table		no measurement gauge nearby; probably 1000cuft/s2000cuft/s higher flow
Current River	2802disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Saline River	2629disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Little Red River	1777disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Spring River	1432disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Buffalo River	1379disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cache River	1369disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Bayou Bartholomew	1221disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Eleven Point River	1157disp=tableNaNdisp=table
L'Anguille River	1085disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Petit Jean River	828disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Crooked Creek	669disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Illinois River	622disp=tableNaNdisp=table		larger downstream in Oklahoma
Kings River	582disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Mulberry River	557disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Lee Creek	531disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Big Piney Creek	481disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Smackover Creek	415disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Saline River	385disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Illinois Bayou	379disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Mammoth Spring	351disp=tableNaNdisp=table
War Eagle Creek	295disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Antoine Creek	278disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cadron Creek	271disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Caddo River	266disp=tableNaNdisp=table		upper course, larger downstream
West Fork Point Remove Creek	257disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Moro Creek	256disp=tableNaNdisp=table	near Fordyce
Bayou Macon	240disp=tableNaNdisp=table
South Fork of Little Red River	238disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Cossatot River	187disp=tableNaNdisp=table		upper course, larger downstream
Richland Creek	179disp=tableNaNdisp=table
West Fork White River	166disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Little Missouri River	148disp=tableNaNdisp=table
James Fork	147disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Osage Creek	134disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Richland Creek	118disp=tableNaNdisp=table
Bear Creek	108disp=tableNaNdisp=table	near Silver Hill
Rolling Fork River	?		" when adding a value-->		no measurement gauge, but hundreds of cfs
Strawberry River	?		" when adding a value-->		no measurement gauge, but hundreds of cfs

Notes and sources: There are two Richland Creeks and two Saline Rivers in Arkansas. Flow of rivers differs substantially between years and seasons.Source for all rivers except St. Francis is the "USGS Water-Data Report – 2012" at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ar/nwis/current/?type=flow&group_key=basin_cd; The flow of the St. Francis River flow is estimated from US Army Corps of Engineers data at https://archive.today/20130708123645/http://w3.mvm.usace.army.mil/hydraulics/docs/historic/sfdata/sf13284d

Alphabetically

• Antoine River
• Arkansas River
• Bayou De View
• Bayou des Arc
• Bayou Macon
• Bennetts River
• Big Piney Creek
• Big Sugar Creek
• Black River
• Boeuf River
• Buffalo National River or Buffalo River
• Cache River
• Caddo River
• Cossatot River
• Current River
• Dorcheat Bayou
• Eleven Point River
• Flint Creek
• Fourche La Fave River
• Fourche River
• Glazypeau Creek
• Illinois River
• James Fork
• Kings River
• L'Anguille River
• L'Eau Frais Creek
• Lee Creek
• Little Antoine River
• Little Black River
• Little Buffalo River
• Little Cossatot River
• Little Maumelle River
• Little Missouri River
• Little Red River
• Little River (Red River tributary) in southwestern Arkansas
• Little River (St. Francis River tributary) in northeastern Arkansas
• Little Strawberry River
• Little Sugar Creek
• Maumelle River
• Mississippi River
• Mountain Fork
• Mulberry River
• North Fork River
• Ouachita River
• Petit Jean River
• Poteau River
• Red River
• Rolling Fork
• Sager Creek
• St. Francis River
• Saline River (Little River tributary) in southwestern Arkansas
• Saline River (Ouachita River tributary) in southern Arkansas
• Spring River
• Strawberry River
• Sulphur River
• Tanyard Creek
• Tyronza River
• White River

References

• USGS Geographic Names Information Service
• USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of Arkansas (1974)

See also

• List of rivers in the United States