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Crockett's Canoe Recommended Floating Levels
USGS Resources: Current Buffalo River Water Gage Levels at Harriet, Arkansas Current Buffalo River Water Gage Levels at St. Joe, Arkansas USGS 07055660 Buffalo River at Ponca USGS 07056700 Buffalo River at Harriet USGS 07056000 Buffalo River at St. Joe Current Buffalo River Water Gage Levels at Ponca, Arkansas usgs.Buffalo
Buffalo River Levels - According to
Buffalo River Canoe Rental

Very Low
Low but Floatable
Ample Water for Floating
Experienced Floaters Only
Danger - Flood Stage
Ponca / Steel Creek Launch

Below 2.0’

2.0’ - 2.4’

2.5’ - 4.9’

5.0’ - 5.9’

6’+

Highway 7

Below .5’

0.5'-0.7’

0.8’ - 2.4’

2.5’ - 2.9’

3’+

Highway 65

Below 3.0’

3.1’ -4.5’

4.6’ - 8.5’

8.6’ - 12.4’

12.5’+

Highway 14 Bridge / Buffalo Point

Below 2.0’

2.0’ - 3.4’

3.5’ -5.9’

6.0’ - 9.9’

10’+

Area Map
130 miles of river in the National Park with numerous put-ins and take outs

Topo Quads:Big Flat,Boxley,Buffalo City,Cozahome,Eula,Hasty,Jasper,Marshal,Maumee,Mt.Judea,Ponca,Western Grove,Snowball
Gradient: 
Boxley to Ponca: 20 fpm
Ponca to Kyle's Landing: 15 fpm
Rest of the river: less than 10 fpm
Season: ALL except very dry summer months
Gauge: Readings Corps 501-324-5150.  Levels for several locations are given.
LINK BUFFALO NATIONAL R. GAUGES (UPDATED HOURLY)
LINK TO USGS GAUGE
Buffalo National River Conditions - Resources

Need information about current river level conditions?

Below, we have provided links to USGS National Water Information System sites providing information in graphs including the most recent precipitation values in total inches and waterway gage height values in feet.

From the USGS Resources:
• Current Buffalo River Water Gage Levels at Harriet, Arkansas
• Current Buffalo River Water Gage Levels at St. Joe, Arkansas
• Current Buffalo River Water Gage Levels at Ponca, Arkansas
From Crockett's Buffalo River Canoe Rentals
. Recommended Floating Levels
NOTICE:

Due to occasional discrepancies or late updates, we recommend checking
all resources before you plan your trip. These are real time data sources
and can change without notice. When you check the above USGS Resources
links, you are leaving Crockett's web site and going to the U.S. Geological

Survey (USGS) web site. The USGS maintains these web sites and provides
all data therein as a service to the publicc. However, Crockett's has no affiliation
with this service and can not be responsible for the data provided. Further,
Crockett's has no kind of affilliation with these sites.

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