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BUFFALO RIVER

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Buffalo River at Ponca, AR

NEWTON COUNTY, AR36.0225°N, -93.3547°W Updated 12 min ago

FLOW RATE

470cfs

GAUGE HT

4.78ft

AIR TEMP

68°F

WIND

3mph SSW

FISH INDEX

75SCORE / 100

GREAT · 4 OF 5

1D 7D 30D 1YR

Flow Rate Historical Avg

MEDIAN FLOW RATE · 1 DAY

470cfs 97.7% vs avg

Optimal band: 389–527 cfs

PERIOD HIGH

547cfs

PERIOD LOW

400cfs

RUNNABLE

91%

last 1 day in band

Gauge Height

4.78ft

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Weather Conditions

WEATHER CONDITIONS

TODAY

86°

68°

FRI

86°

73°

SAT

92°

72°

SUN

94°

76°

MON

94°

74°

TUE

99°

74°

WED

94°

76°

TIME

THU

NOW

FRI

SAT

SUN

MON

TUE

TEMP

hourly forecast

69°

mild

69°

73°

77°

80°

82°

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84°

85°

86°

79°

73°

72°

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86°

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84°

87°

90°

92°

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93°

92°

88°

85°

81°

79°

78°

WIND

mph · gust · dir

2mph SSW

G 3 mph

SSW

G10

SSW

G11

G10

SSW

G10

SSW

G10

G11

G13

G23

G17

SSW

G19

G10

SSE

G11

G13

G20

SSW

G28

SSW

G28

SSW

G27

SSW

G29

G24

G21

G19

G20

G21

G19

G20

G19

SSW

G20

G28

SSW

G28

G30

G31

SSW

G31

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G31

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G31

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G32

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G30

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G26

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G28

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G26

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G21

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G21

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G24

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G26

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G28

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G32

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G31

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G30

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G24

G20

G18

G17

G15

G16

G17

SSW

G17

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G15

SSW

G18

G23

SSW

G18

SSW

G17

SSW

G16

SSW

G14

SSW

G14

SSW

G13

SSW

G12

SSW

PRECIP

chance %

13%

20%

28%

25%

29%

27%

24%

11%

13%

12%

11%

10%

11%

14%

18%

20%

12%

11%

13%

17%

CLOUDS

cover %

clear

19%

14%

21%

20%

100%

93%

100%

97%

50%

99%

100%

80%

81%

43%

100%

86%

100%

88%

36%

78%

100%

88%

100%

74%

100%

41%

31%

37%

68%

50%

74%

61%

55%

14%

11%

10%

15%

11%

13%

15%

94%

96%

11%

20%

14%

15%

10%

PRESSURE

hPa · trend

980

TemperatureWind / GustsPrecipitationCloud coverPressure

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FISH INDEX

Temperature

Warm

Wind

Calm

Pressure

Stable

Moon Phase

Average

DAYLIGHT

SUNRISE

05:58 AM

SUNSET

08:34 PM

14H 36M OF DAYLIGHT13H 52M REMAINING

MOON PHASE

Waxing Gibbous

77% illuminated

Station Location

36.0225, -93.3547

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DATA · USGS · NOAA · NWSUPDATED 2026-06-25 06:42 UTC

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