About this river
Petit Jean River is a 24.7 mile river near Whenever Watersports in Arkansas. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Petit Jean River at Danville, AR (site 07260500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1947 to 2026
Petit Jean River typically runs highest in May, at a median 1,390 cfs, and lowest in October, at 20 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 27,200 cfs, in 2016.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 534 | 140 to 2,140 | |
| February | 750 | 226 to 2,470 | |
| March | 1,360 | 311 to 2,330 | |
| April | 1,170 | 223 to 2,320 | |
| May | 1,390 | 128 to 2,290 | |
| June | 283 | 49 to 1,870 | |
| July | 65 | 24 to 290 | |
| August | 38 | 16 to 94 | |
| September | 28 | 15 to 78 | |
| October | 20 | 6.0 to 84 | |
| November | 56 | 11 to 613 | |
| December | 394 | 61 to 1,960 |
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 80 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Petit Jean River at Danville, AR (site 07260500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Petit Jean River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Highway 28 BridgePetit Jean RiverPublic
- UnknownPetit Jean RiverPublic
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