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Floats / Middle District · 6.8 mi
Wide bends and gravel bars; Mt. Hersey marks the start of NPS's Tyler Bend-area paddling section.
No active NWS flood or severe-weather alerts for Newton, Searcy 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
Not really. Below the NPS low range you’ll drag over riffle after riffle. Consider a reach further downstream, or a hike instead.
Usually floatable: March–July, and after rain later in the year (typical Middle District pattern per NPS; not a forecast)
Too low? Things to do instead →2.80 ft · 46.3 cfs
Reading as of 6:45 AM CT (1 h 24 min ago) · USGS 07056000
Gauge used for this status: Buffalo River near St. Joe (Hwy 65) (USGS 07056000) — St. Joe (Hwy 65) gauge downstream; Carver has no NPS ranges.
Note: NPS does not publish a reference gauge for this reach; St. Joe (downstream) is used.
Reference only: Hasty (Carver) gauge (USGS 07055780, no NPS ranges)
Shown for context. It never changes this float’s status, and if it stops reporting the status above is unaffected.
No current reading from this reference gauge.
NPS calls flows above 8,000 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.
Gilbert / Middle District
Source: api.weather.gov.