The Little Black River is a stream in Ripley and Butler counties in southeast

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and Randolph counties of northeast

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. It is a tributary to the Current River.''Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 2nd ed., 2004, p.28 The stream headwaters arise at in Ripley County, Missouri, at the confluence of the North and South Prongs just west of the Greenville Ford Public Access Area and

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. The stream flows to the southeast passing through the Mudpuppy Conservation Area and enters Butler County two miles north-northwest of the community of Faidealing. The stream flows south for about 2.5 miles and turns southwest re-entering Ripley County. It flows through the southeast corner of Ripley County and crosses the Missouri-Arkansas border one mile west of the community of Sinsabaugh, Missouri.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 66, Within Arkansas the stream flows south in Clay County passing under Arkansas Highway 211 on the west side of Success. It flows to the southwest to enter the Current River on the Clay-Randolph county line 2.5 miles northwest of the community of Datto and five miles south of the Missouri-Arkansas state line. The confluence is at .

References

{{reflist Rivers of Arkansas Rivers of Missouri Bodies of water of Clay County, Arkansas Rivers of Randolph County, Arkansas Rivers of Butler County, Missouri Rivers of Ripley County, Missouri