Not quite five miles of the North Fork River between Norfork Dam and the White River — small, cold and catch-and-release from end to end. A siphon holds a steady 185 cfs whenever the two generators are idle, which is what makes it wadeable; when a unit comes on the river goes up about sixteenfold, to roughly 3,300 cfs, and wading is over. Named for the tailwater rather than the river because Eddy already carries the North Fork River above Norfork Lake, in Missouri, and they are not the same water.
The Corps’ release schedule
Rising to about 700 cfs by Wed.
This reach runs at whatever Norfork Dam releases, so it follows the dam rather than the rain. Schedules can change without notice — never wade or anchor below a dam without checking the horn and posted warnings. Source: USACE CWMS.
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Ordered upstream → downstream. Pick a stop on the map or from the list to start a float plan from there.
Eddy · Water data from USGS
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