Rolling Fork is a
river in southwest
Arkansas
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. It is dammed by DeQueen Dam and forms
DeQueen Lake
DeQueen Lake is a small reservoir along the Rolling Fork River in Sevier County, Arkansas. It is from DeQueen, Arkansas.
DeQueen Dam
The Flood Control Act of 1958 approved the dam's construction. The construction was supervised by the Tulsa D ...
. It is a tributary of the
Little River
Little River may refer to several places:
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, running parallel with other tributaries such as the
Cossatot River
The Cossatot River is an river in Howard, Polk and Sevier counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas.
The Cossatot begins in the Ouachita Mountains southeast of Mena, Arkansas. The river flows through the Ouachita National Forest and then in a ge ...
, the
Saline River, the
Mountain Fork
Mountain Fork, also known as the Mountain Fork of the Little River, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 3, 2011 tributary of the Little River in western Arkansas and ...
, and the
Glover River
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. It is part of the
Mississippi watershed
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.
Location
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Confluence
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with the
Little River
Little River may refer to several places:
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*Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River
* Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Haw ...
in
Sevier County, Arkansas
Sevier County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,058. The county seat is De Queen. Sevier County is Arkansas's 16th county, formed on October 17, 1828, and named for Ambrose Sevier, ...
;Source:
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 ...
Course
Rolling Fork starts near
Hatton, Arkansas. It flows south through
Wickes
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and
Grannis. About ten miles from its source Rolling Fork flows into
DeQueen Lake
DeQueen Lake is a small reservoir along the Rolling Fork River in Sevier County, Arkansas. It is from DeQueen, Arkansas.
DeQueen Dam
The Flood Control Act of 1958 approved the dam's construction. The construction was supervised by the Tulsa D ...
, a man-made reservoir. Near
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and
DeQueen, Arkansas
De Queen ( ) is a city and the county seat of Sevier County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 6,629 at the 2010 census.
The placename is the anglicization of the family name of the Dutch merchant and railway financier, Jan de Goeije ...
, Rolling Fork exits the lake and continues until it reaches the
Little River
Little River may refer to several places:
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*Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River
* Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Haw ...
.
See also
List of Arkansas rivers
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 ...
References
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External links
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Rivers of Arkansas
Tributaries of the Red River of the South
Bodies of water of Sevier County, Arkansas
Rivers of Polk County, Arkansas