Home to approximately 46,000 Arkansans (2000 Census), the Lower Little watershed lies within the Red River Basin in Southwest Arkansas crossing into Oklahoma.  The hydrologic unit code for this watershed is 11140109.  Upstream are the Upper Little (Oklahoma) and the Mountain Fork (11140108).  The Mickinney-Posten Bayou is downstream.
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County Pages (Contact Information)	Major Streams	2006 Land Use (1,770 Square Miles)
Hempstead Howard Little River Polk Sevier	Bear Creek Bushy Creek Cossatot River Flat Creek Holly Creek Little River Little River, Rolling Fork Messer Creek Mine Creek Pond Creek Robinson Creek Rock Creek Saline River	Forest: 66.0% Grassland: 16.3% Transitional: 13.1% Water: 3.2% Suburban: 1.6% Cropland: 0.3% Urban: 0.1% Data Source: CAST

Lower Little 303(d) Impaired Streams (what is an impaired stream?)

Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Documents (what is a TMDL?)

• TMDL Investigation of Water Quality Impairments to Unnamed Tributary to Flat Creek, Union County, Arkansas. ADEQ Water Division, 1998, 42 p.

• TMDL Investigation of the Tyson Foods and Nashville WWTP Effluents on Mine Creek, Howard County, Arkansas. ADEQ Water Division, 2000, 34 p.

• TMDL Investigation of Water Quality Impairments to Rolling Fork River, Polk County, Arkansas. ADEQ Water Division, 1999, 25 pp.

More Watershed-Related Information

• CAST Arkansas Watershed Information System:  Lower Little
  
• EPA Surf Your Watershed:  Lower Little
• USGS Real Time Stream Flow:  Lower Little
• USGS Links to Water Quality & Groundwater Monitoring Sites:  Lower Little

• Environmental Statistics Group (Montana State University):  Lower Little
• Audubon Arkansas:  Important Bird Area
• Ouachita National Forest
• Arkansas Watershed Advisory Group (Spring/Summer 2002) - The Lower Little River Watershed Coalition - "The Lower Little River Watershed Coalition (LLRWC) held public meetings in Mena, Nashville, Ashdown, and DeQueen during the month of March"... more on Page 4
• Arkansas Watershed Advisory Group (Winter 2002-2003) - Little River Watershed - "To better manage the water resources of the Lower Little River watershed, six participating conservation districts decided to combine efforts and form the Lower Little River Watershed Coalition"... more on Page 2
• Arkansas Watershed Advisory Group (Fall 2003) - Lower Little River Watershed Awareness Day - "The first Lower Little River Watershed Awareness day was held Thursday, September 4, 2003 at the DeQueen Country Club in Dequeen, Arkansas"...more on Page 7