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Floats / Upper District · 6.0 mi
The headwaters run through farm valley and narrow wooded bends. It needs a real rain to float at all, and it drops out quickly.
No active NWS flood or severe-weather alerts for Newton, Boone counties right now. That isn’t a safety guarantee — rain anywhere upstream in the watershed can raise the river fast, even under clear skies where you are. weather.gov/lzk
Yes. The Ponca gauge is inside the NPS “ample water” range — expect enough depth to float most riffles without dragging.
3.49 ft · 44.7 cfs
Reading as of 7:45 AM CT (22 min ago) · USGS 07055660
Gauge used for this status: Buffalo River at Ponca (USGS 07055660) — Ponca gauge at the take-out; NPS publishes ranges for Ponca, not Boxley.
No NPS thresholds exist for the Boxley gauge; status uses the downstream Ponca gauge as a proxy. Boxley typically needs more water than Ponca shows.
Reference only: Boxley gauge (USGS 07055646, no NPS ranges)
Shown for context. It never changes this float’s status, and if it stops reporting the status above is unaffected.
1.73 ft · 6.24 cfs
Reading as of 7:30 AM CT (37 min ago) · USGS 07055646
NPS calls flows above 1,600 cfs unsafe.
How to read the gauges →Gage height (ft), last 14 days, USGS provisional data. Shaded bands = NPS recommended floating levels (too low / low / good / high / flood).
No active NWS alerts for Newton, Searcy, Marion or Boone counties.
Ponca / Upper District
Source: api.weather.gov.