| Fourche River | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas, Missouri |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | near Poynor, Missouri |
| • coordinates | 36°31′05″N 90°57′01″W / 36.51806°N 90.95028°W |
| Mouth | Pocahontas, Arkansas |
• coordinates | 36°16′03″N 90°57′01″W / 36.26750°N 90.95028°W |
• elevation | 246 ft (75 m) |
| Length | 32.4 mi (52.1 km) |
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 32.4 miles (52.1 km) 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.
- ^ Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2004, 2nd edition, p. 28, ISBN 0-89933-345-1
- ^ GNIS data
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 66, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 9, 2011