Black River at Elgin Ferry, Ar
Jackson County, Arkansas · USGS 07074420
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What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Black River at its USGS monitoring location in Jackson County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 1 hour ago
Observed
How to read these numbers
How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.
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.
How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.
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.
Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.
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.
Below historical median · Falling
Streamflow is currently 2,860 ft³/s, 30% below the historical median for this date. Flow has fallen 30 CFS over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 4,060 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 25 · dates shown in UTC · 29 observations
Look at the data (29 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,390 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,390 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,380 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,350 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,290 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,230 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,160 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,100 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,050 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,010 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,990 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,980 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,940 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,900 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,030 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,640 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 4,450 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 4,600 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 4,270 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,890 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,580 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,320 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,120 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,990 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,930 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,980 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 3,090 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,960 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 2,910 CFS |
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