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Beaver Dam near Eureka Springs, Arkansas was built between 1960 and 1966 for $46 million. [15] It confines Beaver Lake, the most upstream dam and reservoir on the river. A total of eight dams impound the upper White River, six in Arkansas and two in Missouri. The White River National Wildlife Refuge lies along the lower part of the river.
Beaver Dam and its spillway and powerhouse.. Beaver Dam was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944 and other following acts. The United States Army Corps of Engineers constructed Beaver Dam during the years 1960–1966, impounding a major part of the White River and creating Beaver Lake and flooding much of the valley including the remains of the historic resort town Monte Ne.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
It is a tributary of the White River within Beaver Lake. The stream headwaters arise in southern Benton County and northern Washington County in northwest Arkansas northeast of Springdale. The stream flows to the northeast and enters Beaver Lake south of the Hickory Creek Campground and southwest of the community of Pleasure Heights. [2] [3]
The stream passes under Arkansas Highway 303 just west of War Eagle and makes a sharp turn (incised meander) to the south. The stream enters the waters of Beaver Lake just prior to re-entering Washington County. Prior to the creation of Beaver Lake, the stream entered the White River about three miles to the west-southwest. [4]
Beaver Lake, el. 1,122 feet (342; Bella Vista Lake, el. 1,142 feet (348; Crystal Lake, el. 1,165 feet (355; Guerrero Lake Number One, el. 1,220 feet (370; Guerrero ...
Mississippi River. White River. Arkansas Post Canal; ... Arkansas River: 47,970 1,358: Murray Dam, ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of Arkansas (1974)
The North Fork River or the North Fork of White River [1] is a 109-mile-long (175 km) [4] 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. [5]