Tanyard Creek is a
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
in
Benton County in northwest
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
.
It is a
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
of
Little Sugar Creek
Little Sugar Creek is a stream in northwestern Benton County, Arkansas and southwestern McDonald County, Missouri. It is a tributary of the Elk River.
The headwaters of the stream arise in northeast Benton County just southeast of Garfield (at ...
in the
Bella Vista resort region of northwest Benton County.
The stream
headwaters arise about four miles northwest of
Bentonville just east of
Arkansas Highway 72 at . The stream flows north and northeast through the Bella Vista community where is contained to form
Lake Windsor
Lake Windsor is a man-made lake in the Bella Vista area of Benton County in northwest Arkansas, United States. The lake is on Tanyard Creek just upstream from its confluence with Little Sugar Creek
Little Sugar Creek is a stream in northwest ...
. Below the dam the stream crosses under
Arkansas Highway 340 to its
confluence
In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...
with
Little Sugar Creek
Little Sugar Creek is a stream in northwestern Benton County, Arkansas and southwestern McDonald County, Missouri. It is a tributary of the Elk River.
The headwaters of the stream arise in northeast Benton County just southeast of Garfield (at ...
just north of
Bella Vista Village and adjacent to
U.S. Route 71. The confluence is at with an elevation of .
[''Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 2004, 2nd edition, p. 22, ]
References
Rivers of Arkansas
Rivers of Benton County, Arkansas
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