Buffalo River at Ponca, AR

USGS Site No: 07055660 • Buffalo River • Newton County, AR

Buffalo River at Ponca, AR on the Buffalo River is currently at 421 cfs (Very High — 95th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 4.69 ft.

Reading from

↑ Upstream on Buffalo River
Buffalo River Near Boxley, AR
Downstream on Buffalo River ↓
Buffalo River at Pruitt, AR
421
CFS Discharge
4.69
Gage Height (ft)
Very High
Flow Condition
N/A
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for October 28 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 2
25th Low threshold 5
50th (Median) Normal (median) 16
75th High threshold 38
95th Very High threshold 0

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

508 254 0 cfs Apr 7 May 29
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 29, 2026 178 —
May 28, 2026 124 —
May 27, 2026 79 —
May 26, 2026 79 —
May 25, 2026 86 —
May 24, 2026 95 —
May 23, 2026 101 —
May 22, 2026 109 —
May 21, 2026 126 —
May 20, 2026 182 —
May 19, 2026 124 —
May 18, 2026 73 —
May 17, 2026 78 —
May 16, 2026 84 —
May 15, 2026 91 —
Apr 21, 2026 135 —
Apr 20, 2026 141 —
Apr 19, 2026 156 —
Apr 18, 2026 156 —
Apr 17, 2026 149 —
Apr 16, 2026 142 —
Apr 15, 2026 118 —
Apr 14, 2026 123 —
Apr 13, 2026 131 —
Apr 12, 2026 139 —
Apr 11, 2026 151 —
Apr 10, 2026 149 —
Apr 9, 2026 162 —
Apr 8, 2026 181 —
Apr 7, 2026 206 —

Station Information

USGS Site No
07055660
State
AR
County
Newton County
Coordinates
36.0225, -93.3547
Drainage Area
116 mi²
Datum (ft)
990.1
HUC Code
11010005
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Recent Extremes

Max discharge
2,730 cfs
May 20, 2025
Min discharge
0 cfs
Aug 27, 2025

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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