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River Ranch Resort

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River Ranch Resort is a kayak & canoe livery in Noel. They offer 5 and 8 mile float trips on the Elk River in rafts, kayaks, tubes, and canoes. The trips are suitable for families, couples, and groups.

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Around River Ranch Resort

Grand Lake O' The Cherokees RV Resort18.5 miOzark Plateau National Wildlife Refu…20.1 mi10 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

2000 to 2026

The water at River Ranch Resort typically runs highest in May, at a median 310 cfs, and lowest in September, at 54 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 17,400 cfs, in 2017.

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Typical flow by month at Indian Creek near Lanagan, MO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January9954 to 233
February13367 to 273
March173103 to 311
April225141 to 424
May310127 to 641
June21397 to 359
July9359 to 176
August6240 to 88
September5439 to 101
October5439 to 84
November5941 to 95
December7245 to 155

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 26 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Indian Creek near Lanagan, MO (site 07188885). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Sat

82Go/ 100

CloudyHigh 52°F, low 39°FRain 0%Wind 5 kt, gusts 7

Streamflow

38 cfs

Below normal (16th)

Water level

0.98 ft

National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage

Flood stage 12 ft. NWS reads 0.99 ft here.

NWS issues forecasts here only during high water.

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service.