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Arkansas River Levels & Streamflow

As of Sep 30, 2026, Arkansas rivers are running at 53% of normal across 78 USGS gauges — the highest is 8,680 cfs on the White River At Devalls Bluff. Live discharge, gauge height, and percent-of-normal for every USGS streamgauge in Arkansas.

USGS gauges
78
State percent normal
53%
0%normal200%
Paddle runs
0
Updated
Sep 30
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Flow briefing · Sep 30, 2026

Arkansas river conditions today

Where rivers are running versus normal, what’s spiking and what’s coming — refreshed daily from USGS and NOAA.

Streamflow levels across Arkansas are currently 53% of normal, with the White River At Devalls Bluff reporting the highest discharge in the state at 8,680 cfs and a gauge stage of 3.13 ft.

Meanwhile, the White River At Calico Rock is seeing a spike today — up 19% since yesterday and currently running near peak.

Tap any gauge below for the full hydrograph, paired weather forecast, and historical context. Use the rivers panel to jump into Arkansas's named rivers.

Arkansas vs normal

How Arkansas’s rivers compare to normal

Every gauge placed by its own percent of normal, and three years of the statewide trend.

Where every gauge actually sits

One dot per Arkansas streamgauge, placed by its own percent of normal. The state average is a single line through all of it.

State average 53%
0% 50% 100% · normal 150% 200%+
Much below normalunder 50% Below normal50–90% Near normal90–110% Above normal110–150% Much above normalover 150%

Percent of normal compares today's discharge with the historical average for this calendar day. Tap any dot to open that gauge.

Arkansas streamflow, three water years

Statewide percent of normal, every day since Sep 2023. The dotted line is normal.

53% of normal today
-72pts vs this day last year (125%)
331of 366 days below normal, past year
274% 3-year peak · Apr 2025 · above the axis
50% 100% normal 150% 200%
Sep 2023 202420252026 Sep 30, 2026

799 daily readings from 72 reporting gauges. Percent of normal is today's statewide discharge against the historical average for the same calendar day — 100% is normal, not "good". The axis tops out at 200%: 11 readings above that — including the 274% peak in Apr 2025 — are drawn along the top edge, so a few flood days cannot flatten three years of everything else. The line breaks in 2 places where the record skips more than five days — those are gaps in reporting, not readings of zero.

Arkansas flow report

78 gauges
Streamgage Streamflow Gage height Water temp Air temp Elevation Watershed
White River At Devalls Bluff, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07077000
8,680 cfs 3.13 ft · 59°F 157 ft Lower White-Bayou Des Arc
White River At Georgetown, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07076750
7,800 cfs · · 57°F 178 ft Lower White-Bayou Des Arc
White River Near Augusta, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07074850
6,610 cfs 12.34 ft · 57°F 180 ft Upper White-Village
White River At Newport, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07074500
6,200 cfs 1.34 ft · 56°F 196 ft Upper White-Village
White River At Calico Rock, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07060500
4,470 cfs 3.80 ft 65°F 55°F 303 ft Middle White
Red River At Spring Bank, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07344370
4,000 cfs 11.20 ft · 65°F 175 ft Mckinney-Posten Bayous
Black River At Elgin Ferry, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07074420
2,860 cfs 5.27 ft · 56°F 211 ft Lower Black
Red River At Index, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07337000
2,680 cfs · 81°F 65°F 307 ft Pecan-Waterhole
Black River At Black Rock, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07072500
2,450 cfs 1.09 ft · 56°F 230 ft Lower Black
White River Near Norfork, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07057370
2,100 cfs 4.79 ft · 57°F 353 ft Middle White
Black River At Pocahontas, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07069000
1,650 cfs · · 56°F 265 ft Lower Black
Ouachita River At Camden, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07362000
1,510 cfs 6.65 ft · 59°F 110 ft Upper Ouachita
Little River Near Horatio, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07340000
455 cfs 4.73 ft · 64°F 324 ft Lower Little
Black River Near Corning, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07064000
380 cfs · · 58°F 279 ft Upper Black
Elevenpoint River Near Ravenden Springs, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07072000
362 cfs 2.50 ft · 55°F 289 ft Eleven Point
Little Red River Near Dewey, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07076517
318 cfs 3.76 ft 66°F 58°F 219 ft Little Red
Spring River At Town Branch Bridge At Hardy, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07069305
291 cfs 2.81 ft · 54°F 357 ft Spring
Spring River At Imboden, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07069500
290 cfs 2.60 ft · 56°F 259 ft Spring
Ouachita River At Remmel Dam Above Jones Mill, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07359002
285 cfs 2.65 ft 67°F 59°F 247 ft Upper Ouachita
Illinois River At Hwy. 16 Near Siloam Springs Ar, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07195400
266 cfs 6.15 ft · 65°F 922 ft Illinois
Arkansas River At Ft. Smith, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07249455
234 cfs 11.33 ft · 67°F 454 ft Robert S. Kerr Reservoir
Mammoth Spring At Mammoth Spring, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07069190
224 cfs 4.11 ft 59°F 54°F 478 ft Spring
Cache River Near Cotton Plant, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07077555
109 cfs 4.45 ft · 58°F 183 ft Cache
Osage Creek Near Elm Springs, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07195000
100 cfs 2.67 ft · 64°F 1,053 ft Illinois
Languille River At Palestine, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07047950
68 cfs 14.72 ft · 58°F 190 ft L'Anguille
Buffalo River Near Harriet, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07056700
42 cfs 3.16 ft · 55°F 477 ft Buffalo
Buffalo River Near St. Joe, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07056000
38 cfs 2.68 ft · 55°F 565 ft Buffalo
Spavinaw Creek Near Cherokee, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07191179
31 cfs 5.40 ft · 64°F 934 ft Lower Neosho
Illinois River At Savoy, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07194800
31 cfs 2.09 ft · 64°F 1,019 ft Illinois
Caddo River Near Caddo Gap, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07359610
24 cfs 4.74 ft · 61°F 588 ft Upper Ouachita
Osage Creek Near Cave Springs, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07194880
23 cfs 1.14 ft 69°F 63°F 1,130 ft Illinois
Spavinaw Creek Near Maysville, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07191160
22 cfs 6.66 ft · 64°F 940 ft Lower Neosho
Languille River Near Colt, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07047942
19 cfs 3.59 ft 73°F 57°F 210 ft L'Anguille
Kings River Near Berryville, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07050500
19 cfs 2.65 ft · 60°F 958 ft Beaver Reservoir
Saline River Near Lockesburg, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07341200
17 cfs 2.93 ft · 65°F 312 ft Lower Little
War Eagle Creek Near Hindsville, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07049000
17 cfs · 70°F 61°F 1,174 ft Beaver Reservoir
Saline River Near Sheridan, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07363200
16 cfs 2.19 ft · 57°F 177 ft Upper Saline
Ouachita River Near Mount Ida, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07356000
16 cfs 2.12 ft · 57°F 658 ft Ouachita Headwaters
Saline River Near Rye, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07363500
16 cfs 4.11 ft · 60°F 124 ft Lower Saline
Fourche Lafave River Near Aplin, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07263012
13 cfs 5.12 ft · 58°F 302 ft Fourche La Fave
Bayou Macon At Eudora, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07369680
12 cfs 1.93 ft 37°F 62°F 103 ft Bayou Macon
Yocum Creek Near Oak Grove, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07053250
12 cfs 4.16 ft · 59°F 967 ft Beaver Reservoir
Mulberry River Near Mulberry. Ar, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07252000
11 cfs · · 63°F 1,202 ft Frog-Mulberry
Bear Creek Near Silver Hill, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07056515
8 cfs 2.20 ft 54°F 55°F 630 ft Buffalo
Cache River At Egypt, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07077380
7 cfs 4.98 ft 77°F 57°F 233 ft Cache
Fourche Lafave River Near Gravelly, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07261500
6 cfs · · 58°F 420 ft Fourche La Fave
Bayou Meto Near Lonoke, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07264000
6 cfs 6.00 ft 71°F 57°F 208 ft Bayou Meto
Illinois Bayou Near Scottsville, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07257500
6 cfs 4.31 ft 49°F 61°F 459 ft Dardanelle Reservoir
Little Missouri River Near Langley, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07360200
5 cfs 3.11 ft · 64°F 715 ft Little Missouri
West Fork White River East Of Fayetteville, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07048550
5 cfs 1.44 ft 80°F 64°F 1,187 ft Beaver Reservoir
White River Near Fayetteville, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07048600
5 cfs 1.06 ft 73°F 64°F 1,135 ft Beaver Reservoir
Bayou Bartholomew Near Portland, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07364185
4 cfs 11.45 ft 50°F 59°F 106 ft Bayou Bartholomew
North Sylamore Creek Near Fifty Six, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07060710
4 cfs 1.39 ft 69°F 55°F 439 ft Middle White
Buffalo River Near Boxley, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07055646
4 cfs 1.27 ft 69°F 60°F 1,131 ft Buffalo
Baron Fork At Dutch Mills, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07196900
3 cfs 1.49 ft · 65°F 989 ft Illinois
Flint Creek At Springtown, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07195800
3 cfs 3.55 ft · 64°F 1,168 ft Illinois
Poteau River At Cauthron, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07247000
3 cfs 4.15 ft · 64°F 590 ft Poteau
Cossatot River Near Vandervoort, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07340300
3 cfs 1.80 ft 73°F 64°F 781 ft Lower Little
Big Piney Creek At Highway 164 Near Dover, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07257006
2 cfs · · 62°F 431 ft Dardanelle Reservoir
Cadron Creek Near Guy, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07261000
1 cfs · · 58°F 427 ft Cadron
Bayou Bartholomew At Garrett Bridge, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07364133
1 cfs 4.64 ft 78°F 60°F 162 ft Bayou Bartholomew
Rock Creek At 36th Street At Little Rock, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07263580
1 cfs 1.87 ft · 61°F 268 ft Lower Arkansas-Maumelle
Hurricane Creek Near Sheridan, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07363400
1 cfs 2.08 ft · 58°F 193 ft Upper Saline
Middle Fork Of Little Red River At Shirley, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07075000
0 cfs 5.09 ft 74°F 57°F 500 ft Little Red
Petit Jean River At Danville, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07260500
0 cfs 9.65 ft · 58°F 312 ft Petit Jean
James Fork Near Hackett, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07249400
0 cfs 2.40 ft · 66°F 465 ft Poteau
West Fork Point Remove Creek Near Hattieville, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07260673
0 cfs 2.57 ft · 59°F 288 ft Lake Conway-Point Remove
Petit Jean River Near Booneville, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07258500
0 cfs 1.17 ft · 61°F 441 ft Petit Jean
Saline River At Benton, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07363000
0 cfs 2.27 ft · 59°F 265 ft Upper Saline
Smackover Creek Near Smackover, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07362100
0 cfs 1.52 ft · 61°F 107 ft Lower Ouachita-Smackover
Richland Creek Near Witts Spring, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07055875
0 cfs · · 59°F 983 ft Buffalo
Antoine River At Antoine, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07361500
0 cfs 2.97 ft · 62°F 251 ft Little Missouri
Alum Fork Saline River Near Reform, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07362587
0 cfs 2.62 ft · 57°F 773 ft Upper Saline
South Fork Of Little Red River At Clinton, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07075300
0 cfs 3.71 ft 49°F 57°F 498 ft Little Red
Jack Creek Near Winfrey, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07250974
0 cfs · · 63°F 1,014 ft Frog-Mulberry
Frog Bayou At Winfrey, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07250965
0 cfs 1.40 ft · 64°F 929 ft Frog-Mulberry
Jones Creek At Winfrey, Ar
2 days ago · USGS 07250935
0 cfs 3.80 ft · 64°F 972 ft Frog-Mulberry
Maumelle River At Williams Junction, Ar
1 day ago · USGS 07263295
0 cfs · · 59°F 391 ft Lower Arkansas-Maumelle
Flow report FAQ

About Arkansas streamflow

What are river levels like in Arkansas right now?

As of September 30, 2026, Arkansas rivers are running at 53% of normal across 78 USGS streamgauges, and the White River At Devalls Bluff is reporting the highest discharge at 8,680 cfs. The full sortable gauge table is below.

Which Arkansas river is running highest right now?

As of September 30, 2026, the highest discharge in Arkansas is 8,680 cfs on the White River At Devalls Bluff. See the sortable gauge table for the full statewide ranking.

Are Arkansas rivers high or low right now?

Compare the statewide percent-of-normal on this page: above 100% means Arkansas rivers are running higher than the seasonal average for the date, below 100% means lower (a dry spell or drought). Each gauge also shows its own percent of median.

Where does the Arkansas streamflow data come from?

The U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System. USGS streamgauges report continuously (every 15 minutes) and the data is the canonical real-time record for U.S. rivers. Snoflo pulls the latest readings and joins them to a 7-day NOAA weather forecast for each station.

What is cfs?

Cubic feet per second — the standard unit for streamflow. One cfs is about 7.5 gallons per second. Small creeks run at single-digit cfs; the Mississippi at hundreds of thousands.

What does Gauge Height mean?

The water level at the gauge in feet above the reference datum. Used together with discharge to track river state. Flood stage and runnable levels are typically expressed in gauge height (e.g., "flood at 16 ft").

How fresh is the Arkansas data?

USGS streamgauges report every 15 minutes; Snoflo re-pulls throughout the day. The AI briefing regenerates daily.

Can I get a flow alert for a Arkansas gauge?

Yes. Save any USGS gauge as a favorite in the Snoflo iOS app, set a discharge or stage threshold (e.g. "alert me when discharge crosses 2,000 cfs"), and you'll get a push the moment it crosses.

Is this a substitute for an NWS flood warning?

No. Snoflo is informational. For flood life-safety decisions always follow guidance from your local NWS forecast office and state emergency management. Snoflo data is one input among several.