Caddo River

The Caddo River is a tributary of the Ouachita River in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The river is about 82 miles (132 km) long.^[2]

Caddo River
Caddo River at Norman
Location of the mouth of the Caddo River in Arkansas
Location
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
Physical characteristics
Source	Caddo Mountains
• location	Ouachita Mountains
• coordinates	34°27′9″N 93°55′22″W[1]
• elevation	1,400 ft (430 m)[2]
Mouth	Ouachita River
• location	near Arkadelphia, Arkansas
• coordinates	34°10′48″N 93°2′36″W[1]
• elevation	144 ft (44 m)[2]
Length	82 mi (132 km)[2]
Discharge
• location	USGS gage 07359610, near Caddo Gap, AR[3]
• average	267 cu ft/s (7.6 m3/s)[3]
• minimum	16 cu ft/s (0.45 m3/s)
• maximum	28,600 cu ft/s (810 m3/s)

Course

The Caddo River flows out of the Ouachita Mountains through Montgomery, Pike, and Clark counties in Arkansas before flowing into DeGray Lake and then to its terminus at the Ouachita River north of Arkadelphia, Arkansas.

The upper Caddo is known as a good family canoeing river and is a popular destination for fishing. Smallmouth and spotted bass are found in quantity, as are longear and green sunfish. The lower course of the Caddo, below Degray Dam, is also a popular fishing and canoeing river, although the length of river remaining is only a few miles at that point.

Communities through which the Caddo River passes are:

• Black Springs, Arkansas
• Norman, Arkansas
• Caddo Gap, Arkansas
• Glenwood, Arkansas
• Amity, Arkansas
• Caddo Valley, Arkansas
• Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Flood of 2010

On the night of June 11, 2010, between 200 and 300 campers awoke to rapidly rising water,^[4] as a flash flood along the Caddo and Little Missouri Rivers killed twenty people.^[5]

Etymology

The Caddo River is named for the Caddo Native American tribes that, at one time, lived along its banks.

See also

• List of rivers of Arkansas