Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
Ouachita River near Mount Ida, AR
usgs-07356000 3.00 - 5.00 ft I-II 00h21m 3.6 ft (running)
gauge class Low-to-moderate flows. Perhaps ideal for whitewater boating.
Gauge (414 sq.mi.drainage) is just 10 miles upstream of this reach, thus should be fairly accurate for flows here.
gauge graph
RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
0.00 -1.80 ft extremely Low-somewhat Low I-II gauge is important or has warning Extremely low. Not recommended.
1.80 -3.00 ft somewhat Low-barely Low I-II gauge is important or has warning Good for float fishing and inexperienced tandem canoeists. Not very worthwhile for whitewater boaters.
3.00 -4.00 ft barely runnable-perfect runnable I-II gauge is important or has warning Low-to-moderate flows. Perhaps ideal for whitewater boating.
4.00 -5.00 ft perfect runnable-high runnable I-II gauge is important or has warning Moderate-to-high flows.
5.00 -6.50 ft somewhat High-somewhat High I-II gauge is important or has warning A bit high. Boatable, but things start to wash out.

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