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Floats / Middle District · 5.4 mi
Short, family-friendly Middle District float that stays floatable longer into summer.
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 23 min ago) · USGS 07056000
Gauge used for this status: Buffalo River near St. Joe (Hwy 65) (USGS 07056000) — St. Joe (Hwy 65) gauge on this stretch.
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.