Norfork Tailwater

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| name = Norfork Tailwater

| image = Norfork Tailwater.jpg

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| caption = Norfork Tailwater, September 2006

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| location = near Salesville, Arkansas

| coords = {{coord|36.246239|N|92.245481|W|region:US-AR_type:waterbody|display =inline,title}}

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| inflow = North Fork River, {{convert|100|to|6000|cufoot|L}} per second from Norfork Dam{{cite web |title= Bull Shoals & Norfork Tailwaters Management Plan |publisher= Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Fisheries Division |date= April 17, 2008 |url= http://www.agfc.com/fishing/Documents/TP_BS-NFManagementPlan.pdf |format= PDF |page= 6 |accessdate= August 28, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110919131833/http://www.agfc.com/fishing/Documents/TP_BS-NFManagementPlan.pdf |archive-date= September 19, 2011 |url-status= dead }}

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| outflow = White River

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| date-built = {{Start date|1944}}

| agency = Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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The Norfork Tailwater is the segment of the North Fork River below Norfork Dam in north central Arkansas. The Norfork Tailwater is about {{convert|4.8|mi|km}} long and stretches from the dam below Lake Norfork to the White River at Norfork. The community of Salesville lies approximately 1.5 miles west of the dam on Arkansas Highway 177. Norfork is located on Arkansas Highway 5 at the confluence of the Norfork Tailwater with the White River approximately 3.5 miles southwest of the dam.Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2nd ed., 2004, p. 26, {{isbn|0899333451}}

The Norfork Tailwater is home to brown, rainbow, cutthroat, and brook trout, as well as other fish. A trout hatchery (the Norfork National Fish Hatchery) near Quarry Park keeps the tailwater stocked with trout, while the dam's cold water output provides suitable habitat for these cool-water game fish.{{cn|date=May 2021}}