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Norfork Dam impounds the North Fork River in the U.S. state of Arkansas, creating Norfork Lake. The large reservoir is maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and spans Baxter County, Arkansas, Fulton County, Arkansas and Ozark County, Missouri. The dam is located in the city of Salesville in Baxter County, within the Ozark ...
The Norfork Tailwater is about 4.8 miles (7.7 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 ...
The park contains campgrounds, a marina, and visitor center. The dam tailwater is well known for trout fishing. Norfork Lake WMA is a series of protected walk-in hunting areas along Lake Norfork covered in hardwood forest with some pine and ranging topography. The four Baxter County units are Indian Head Unit, Chapin Point Unit, Seward Point ...
The WPA also built two dams in the area during this time. The Norfork Dam was built in the town of Norfork about 18 miles south east of Mountain Home. This dam was completed by 1944. An average of 815 were employed building the dam, providing a much needed economic boost to Mountain home and the surrounding area. [15]
Salesville is located in central Baxter County at (36.244845, -92.275619 The center of town is at the intersection of Arkansas Highway 5 and 177 , 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Norfork Dam . The North Fork River , after coming out of the dam, forms the eastern boundary of Salesville.
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The community began as a small retirement community near Lake Norfork following completion of the Norfork Dam. Initially an unincorporated area, residents voted to incorporate as a town in 1997. In 2000, town residents approved upgrading Briarcliff's status to a second-class city in order to establish a municipal government. [3]
Norfork: 115.16: 185.33: AR 177 south (Shed Road) Northern terminus of AR 177: 117.98: 189.87: AR 341 south to AR 201: Northern terminus of AR 341: Salesville: 120.07: 193.23: AR 177 north – Jordan, Norfork Dam, Quarry Cove Recreation Areas: Southern terminus of AR 177 124.17: 199.83: AR 342 east (Sycamore Springs Road) – Georges Cove ...