Posted on November 9, 2026
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is advising landowners adjacent to public lands around Bull Shoals and Norfork Lakes that contract maintenance crews will be conducting boundary line maintenance along a 113-mile section of government boundary at Bull Shoals Lake and a 66-mile section at Norfork Lake.
On Bull Shoals Lake, maintenance crews will establish and maintain the USACE boundary line starting in the Mountain Creek area in Baxter County, Arkansas and head north into Ozark County, Missouri, through the Pontiac, Spring Creek and Haskins Ford areas, then continue south through Theodosia, Missouri and end in the Turkey Creek area of Ozark County, Missouri.
On Norfork Lake, maintenance crews will establish and maintain the USACE boundary line starting in the Jordan area in Baxter County, Arkansas and head east-northeast into Fulton County, Arkansas, through the Kerley Point, Big Creek and Brushy Creek areas, then continue south-southwest into Baxter County through the Woods Points, Hand Cove and Diamond Bay areas.
The maintenance work is being conducted by Xterra Services, Inc., under contract from USACE. All personnel performing boundary line maintenance are authorized contractors conducting work on behalf of USACE.
Crews will reestablish existing boundary markings by locating survey monuments, clearing brush and vegetation along the public land side of the boundary, replacing and painting boundary posts and painting selected trees between survey monuments to serve as reference points.
Residents may see maintenance crews working around their neighborhoods and walking on public land behind their properties. Residents may also notice uniformed USACE park rangers inspecting portions of the boundary during the coming months as the contract maintenance work is performed.
Crews will also document missing boundary monuments and areas where existing markings have become difficult to identify due to age, vegetation or other factors. USACE personnel will reestablish missing monuments at a later date.
The Mountain Home Project Office manages Bull Shoals and Norfork Lakes as well as the surrounding public lands to meet the needs of human and natural communities for present and future generations.
For more information, contact the Mountain Home Project Office at 870-425-2700.
Recreation information can be found on the Internet at www.swl.usace.army.mil, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/littlerockusace and on the USACE Little Rock water level mobile app at www.swl.usace.army.mil/Home/water-control-app/.
