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Floats / Upper District · 8.0 mi
Skip the Ponca crowds and start under Roark Bluff; still includes the big-bluff scenery and the Hemmed-In Hollow pull-off.
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 (26 min ago) · USGS 07055660
Gauge used for this status: Buffalo River at Ponca (USGS 07055660) — Ponca gauge just upstream.
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.