Big Fork Creek

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Big Fork Creek is a stream in eastern Polk County, Arkansas. It is a tributary of the Ouachita River.[1] The stream headwaters arise at 34°26′57.39″N 94°01′31.72″W / 34.4492750°N 94.0254778°W / 34.4492750; -94.0254778 on the north slope of Missouri Mountains ridge in the Ouachita National Forest.[2] The stream flows east then turns north and crosses under Arkansas Route 8 near Abernathy Springs. It flows generally north passing Big Fork and Opal to its confluence with the Ouachita River one mile south of the community of Cherry Hill.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Fork Creek
  2. ^ a b Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2nd ed., 2004, p. 46-7 ISBN 0899333451