CAMPING & RECREATION
Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area
Official access, camping and river recreation information for the upper Arkansas.
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Arkansas River at Ft. Smith, Ar.
Sebastian County, Arkansas · USGS 07249455
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What this gauge represents: USGS reading for Arkansas River in Sebastian County; conditions elsewhere on the river can differ.
STREAMFLOW
25,300 ft³/s↓ −6,400 CFS / 24h
Observed · 1 hour ago
Observed · 1 hour ago
GAUGE HEIGHT
11.8 ft↑ +0.08 ft / 24h
Observed · 1 hour ago
Observed · 1 hour ago
WATER TEMPERATURE
—Not measured at this gauge.
How to read these numbers
Streamflow (ft³/s or CFS)
How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.
Gauge height (ft)
The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.
24-hour change
How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.
Historical median
The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.
River Pulse
Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.
NOAA flood stage
Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.
Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.
RIVER PULSE
Current conditions · Falling
Streamflow is currently 25,300 ft³/s. Flow has fallen 6,400 CFS over the past 24 hours.
How trends & context are calculated →NOAA flood-stage information is not available for this gauge.
ON THIS RIVER
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EXPLORE
Explore the Arkansas River
Checking the gauge is only the start. Find places to fish, paddle, camp and explore, plus official access and recreation information. The gauge itself isn't a public access point.
Open the Arkansas River guidePLACES TO VISIT
Browns Canyon National Monument
Federal visitor guidance for Browns Canyon.
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McClellan-Kerr navigation system
Official navigation notices and system information.
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Arkansas Post National Memorial
A lower-river site interpreting centuries of human history at a strategically important Arkansas River location.
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About this gauge
Site type: Stream
County: Sebastian County
Drainage area: 145,940 mi²
Current measurements: 2
DATA SOURCE
Official USGS station
Get Water Data organizes provisional public monitoring data from the U.S. Geological Survey.
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