Natural Dam Falls is a waterfall on Mountain Fork Creek in Crawford County, Arkansas, in the Boston Mountains region, with a total height of about 8 feet. It lies about 5.8 miles north of Cedarville and roughly 18.2 miles north of Fort Smith as the crow flies.
At 8 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 110 Arkansas waterfalls with a documented height only 2 are shorter, while the typical Arkansas waterfall stands around 34 feet. The water comes down as a block waterfall, wider than it is tall, spilling over a broad ledge.
The Boston Mountains are the highest and most rugged part of the Ozarks, deeply dissected sandstone plateaus covered in oak-hickory forest with shortleaf pine. Clear creeks cut narrow hollows with numerous bluff-line waterfalls, at their best in spring. Mountain Fork Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 37 feet.
There are 6 recorded waterfalls in Crawford County. Waterfall 9 mi N of Cedarville, is about 4.2 miles away. Waterfall 12 mi N of Cedarville, is about 7.5 miles away. Artist Point Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 15.6 miles away.
Natural Dam Falls is located at 35.6500° N, 94.3976° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.