Buffalo River Float Service

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Buffalo River Float Service is a whitewater rafting outfitter in Yellville. They rent canoes, kayaks, tubes, and rafts for trips on the Buffalo National River and Crooked Creek, with durations from half a day to fourteen days. Shuttle services are available for all river trips, including for those with their own boats, and guided fishing trips and scenic river tours are also offered.

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Disciplines: Rafting, Whitewater

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Typical flow by month

2003 to 2026

The water at Buffalo River Float Service typically runs highest in April, at a median 1,855 cfs, and lowest in October, at 101 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 132,000 cfs, in 2008.

Typical flow by month at Buffalo River near Harriet, AR, in cfs
Month	Typical (cfs)	Usual range (cfs)
January	797	217 to 2,040
February	1,120	449 to 2,190
March	1,610	742 to 2,860
April	1,855	978 to 3,330
May	1,590	799 to 3,490
June	613	289 to 1,145
July	225	115 to 511
August	151	92 to 242
September	113	71 to 201
October	101	72 to 221
November	226	94 to 1,095
December	483	171 to 1,240

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 24 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Buffalo River near Harriet, AR (site 07056700). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

87Go/ 100 conditions scoreBest day: Thu, Sep 24 (95)

High today

81°F

Wind

8 kt

Gusts 13 kt

Rain chance

14%

Week ahead

Tue81°F14%

Wed79°F0%

Thu81°F0%

Fri85°F1%

Sat89°F6%

Sun82°F25%

Mon69°F15%

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF).

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