Big Fork Creek is a stream in eastern
Polk County, Arkansas
Polk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,662. The county seat is Mena. Polk County is Arkansas's 48th county, formed on November 30, 1844; it was named for James K. Polk, 11th P ...
. It is a tributary of the
Ouachita River.
The stream
headwaters arise at on the north slope of Missouri Mountains ridge in the
Ouachita National Forest.
[''Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 2nd ed., 2004, p. 46-7 ] The stream flows east then turns north and crosses under
Arkansas Route 8
Highway 8 (AR 8, Ark. 8, Hwy. 8) is an east–west state highway in Lower Arkansas. The route of runs from Oklahoma State Highway 63 (SH-63) at the Oklahoma state line east across the state to US Route 65 (US 65) south of ...
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.
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Rivers of Arkansas