North Fork River (Missouri–Arkansas)

{{Short description|Stream in the American states of Missouri and Arkansas}}

{{redirect|North Fork of White River|the similarly-named Colorado river|North Fork White River}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox river

| name = North Fork river

| image = Bridge_over_the_upper_North_Fork_River.jpg

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| image_caption = Bridge over the upper North Fork River in northeast Douglas County, Missouri near the community of Ann

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| source1_location = Southwest Texas County, Missouri

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|37|07|11|N|92|14|54|W|display=inline}}

| source1_elevation = Approximately 1454 ft Cabool SW, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 2004

| mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|36|12|38|N|92|17|25|W|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = 351 ft

| mouth_location = White River

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

| subdivision_type2 = States

| subdivision_name2 = Arkansas and Missouri

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| length = {{convert|175|km|mi|abbr=on|order=flip}}

| discharge1_location=Tecumseh

| discharge1_avg = {{convert|1,194|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=https://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/annual/?format=sites_selection_links&search_site_no=07058500&agency_cd=USGS&referred_module=sw |title = USGS Surface Water data for Missouri: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics}}

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The North Fork River or the North Fork of White River{{cite gnis|id= 77861|name= North Fork River|accessdate=2013-06-01}} (Its official name is "North Fork River"; "North Fork of White River" is a recognized variant.) is a {{convert|109|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed March 9, 2011 tributary of the White River, into which it flows near Norfork, Arkansas.

It rises in the southwest corner of Texas County, at the southeast margin the city of Mountain Grove, and flows generally southwards through the southwest corner of Texas, eastern Douglas and Ozark counties.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 64, {{isbn|0899332242}} It flows through Mark Twain National Forest and gathers the waters of many streams, including its major tributary, Bryant Creek. The watershed includes major portions of eastern Douglas and Ozark counties and includes portions of Webster, Wright, Texas and Howell counties in Missouri.[http://mdc.mo.gov/your-property/greener-communities/missouri-watershed-inventory-and-assessment/north-fork-white-river North Fork of the White River Watershed Missouri, 2001, Missouri Department of Conservation]

South of Tecumseh, Missouri, the river becomes Norfork Lake, a reservoir created by Norfork Dam in Baxter County, Arkansas. A few miles below the dam, the North Fork River joins the White River near the town of Norfork, Arkansas.Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2nd ed., 2004, p. 26, {{isbn|0899333451}} The part of the river below the Norfork Dam is called the Norfork Tailwater and is a trout fishing stream.