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Floats / Lower District · 24.2 mi
A 24-mile multi-day trip through the Lower Buffalo Wilderness to the White River. No road access in between.
No active NWS flood or severe-weather alerts for Searcy, Marion, Baxter 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
Probably, but scrapey. Expect to get out and walk your boat over some gravel riffles. Shorter floats and lighter loads help.
3.16 ft · 72.2 cfs
Reading as of 7:45 AM CT (23 min ago) · USGS 07056700
Gauge used for this status: Buffalo River near Harriet (Hwy 14) (USGS 07056700) — Harriet (Hwy 14) gauge upstream; no active gauge near the mouth.
The Harriet gauge is upstream of this whole reach; there is no active USGS gauge near Buffalo City.
NPS calls flows above 9,370 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.
Buffalo Point / Lower District
Source: api.weather.gov.