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Around Big Piney Creek
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Big Piney Creek is a 62.1 mile river near Lost Valley Canoe & Lodging in Arkansas. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Piney Creek at Highway 164 near Dover, AR (site 07257006). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1993 to 2026
Big Piney Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 573 cfs, and lowest in September, at 12 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 37,100 cfs, in 2004.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 284 | 116 to 665 |
| February | 390 | 147 to 750 |
| March | 573 | 270 to 978 |
| April | 551 | 315 to 1,020 |
| May | 395 | 214 to 981 |
| June | 132 | 55 to 331 |
| July | 35 | 10 to 119 |
| August | 18 | 3.9 to 50 |
| September | 12 | 2.6 to 41 |
| October | 17 | 2.9 to 68 |
| November | 85 | 21 to 351 |
| December | 223 | 80 to 499 |
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 32 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Piney Creek at Highway 164 near Dover, AR (site 07257006). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
3 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Big Piney Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Flat Rock CreekFlat Rock CreekPublic
- Huckleberry CreekHuckleberry Creek - Huckleberry Creek ReservoirPublic
- Big Piney CreekBig Piney CreekPublic
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