Arkansas Rivers and Creeks
85 Arkansas rivers, creeks and bayous with AGFC accesses, USGS flow, Code limits, water trails and trout tailwaters.
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- Alum Fork Saline RiverSaline County
- Arkansas RiverArkansas County and 12 other counties
B
- Bayou BartholomewAshley County and 2 other counties
- Bayou De ViewMonroe and Poinsett counties
- Bayou DorcheatNevada County
- Bayou MetoArkansas County
- Big Piney CreekJohnson and Pope counties
- Big Slough DitchGreene County
- Black RiverClay County and 4 other counties
- Black River CanalClay County
- Bois D'Arc CreekHempstead County
- Buffalo National RiverMarion County and 2 other counties
C
- Cache RiverMonroe County and 2 other counties
- Caddo RiverClark County and 2 other counties
- Cadron CreekConway and Faulkner counties
- Chickalah CreekYell County
- Clear CreekCrawford County
- Collins CreekCleburne and Lonoke counties
- Cossatot RiverHoward and Sevier counties
- Crooked CreekMarion County
- Current RiverLawrence and Randolph counties
- Cut-Off CreekDrew and White counties
D
- Deep SloughClark and Union counties
- Departee CreekWhite County
- Dry Run CreekBaxter and Perry counties
E
- Eleven Point RiverRandolph County
F
- Fourche CreekPulaski County
- Fourche LaFave RiverPerry and Scott counties
- Fourche RiverPerry and Randolph counties
G
- Gar CreekFranklin County
- Glaise CreekWhite County
H
- Hill SloughLawrence County
- Horsehead CreekJohnson County
I
- Illinois BayouPope County
- Illinois RiverBenton County
K
- Kings RiverCarroll and Madison counties
L
- L'Anguille RiverLee and Poinsett counties
- La Grue BayouArkansas County
- Little Bayou MetoJefferson County
- Little CypressPhillips County
- Little Maumelle RiverPulaski County
- Little Missouri RiverClark County and 2 other counties
- Little Mulberry CreekJohnson County
- Little Piney CreekJohnson County
- Little Red RiverCleburne and White counties
- Little River (Little River County)Hempstead and Little River counties
- Little River (Mississippi County)Mississippi and Poinsett counties
- Long SloughClark and Miller counties
M
- Marked Tree Floodway Ditch 61Poinsett County
- Maumelle RiverPulaski County
- Mercer BayouMiller County
- Middle Fork Little Red RiverCleburne and Van Buren counties
- Middle Fork Saline RiverGarland County and 2 other counties
- Mill CreekClay County
- Mississippi RiverChicot County and 4 other counties
- Moore BayouArkansas County
- Mulberry RiverCrawford County and 2 other counties
N
- North Fork River (North Fork of the White River)Baxter County
- North Fork Saline RiverSaline County
- North Sylamore CreekStone County
O
- Osage CreekBenton County
- Ouachita RiverBradley County and 9 other counties
P
- Palarm CreekFaulkner and Pulaski counties
- Petit Jean RiverLogan and Yell counties
- Point Remove CreekConway and White counties
R
- Raft CreekPrairie and White counties
- Red RiverLittle River and Miller counties
- Richland CreekSearcy County
- Right Hand Chute Little RiverPoinsett County
- Robe BayouMonroe County
- Rock CreekPulaski County
S
- Saline RiverAshley County and 6 other counties
- Seven Mile LateralMississippi County
- South Fork Little Red RiverVan Buren County
- South Fork Spring RiverFulton and Sharp counties
- Spring RiverFulton County and 2 other counties
- St. Francis RiverClay County and 6 other counties
- State Line Outlet Ditch, Ditch 81Mississippi County
- Strawberry RiverIndependence County and 3 other counties
- Sulphur RiverMiller County
V
- Village CreekJackson County
W
- War Eagle CreekBenton and Madison counties
- Wattensaw BayouPrairie County
- White Oak BayouPulaski County
- White RiverArkansas County and 12 other counties
Photos
Camera views of Natural State lakes and streams beside Arkansas Rivers and Creeks
Photo: Brandonrush, CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: robert thigpen, CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Brandonrush, CC0 1.0
Photo: Robert Nunnally, CC BY 2.0
Answers
Reading the Natural State rivers list
How many Arkansas streams have a page?
85 rivers, creeks and bayous with an AGFC access, a USGS gauge, a trout reach or a water trail.
How many have AGFC public access?
85 stream pages list access sites from the AGFC public fishing areas map.
How many show live flow?
44 stream pages carry one or more USGS gauges.
Which carry their own limits?
15 stream pages quote a water-specific line from Code Addendum N1.01.
Is the Arkansas River split up?
Yes. AGFC titles its Arkansas River accesses by navigation pool, so 9 pools have their own page and Lake Dardanelle and Ozark Lake keep their lake pages.
Where are the trout tailwaters?
6 tailwater pages below Bull Shoals, Beaver, Norfork, Greers Ferry, Narrows and the Ouachita dams sit under trout fishing.
Are float trails marked?
6 stream pages carry an AGFC water trail with its quick facts.
Why is no river length printed?
Lengths were not measured from a mapped source, so none is shown rather than a guess.
Elsewhere on the site
Arkansas rule pages and directories to open beside the rivers list
- All Arkansas waters A to Zevery lake, river, pool, county, town and fish page
- Arkansas license prices and limitsAGFC prices, statewide N1.01 table, Code sections
- Water-specific limitseach N1.01 exception, sorted by water
- Trout waters and permitsN1.03 tailwater rules and Code 27.01 permit reaches
- Rod-or-pole and border watersCode 26.08 county list, Addendum H1 agreements
- Trout fishingBull Shoals, Norfork, Beaver, Greers Ferry and other tailwaters
- Family and Community Fishing pondstown ponds AGFC stocks with catfish and trout
- Free Fishing Weekendthe June weekend when no license is needed
- Arkansas state recordsrod and reel and unrestricted tackle marks
- Stocking dateslast-stocked dates AGFC prints for program ponds
- Lake levels and river flowsCorps dam readings and USGS gauges
- Boat rampsAGFC and Corps launches by county
- Shore fishingpiers, bank areas and walk-in sites
- Bait and tackle shopstackle counters, fly shops and marinas
- Fishing guideslisted guide services with phones
- Tournamentsbass trails, club events and posted winners
- Endangered fishsix fish on the state endangered list