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Frog Bayou in Arkansas

River51.5 mi
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Around Frog Bayou

White Rock Mountain Recreation Area8.7 miShores Lake Recreation Area9 mi5 mi

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

About this river

Frog Bayou is a 51.5 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Frog Bayou at Winfrey, AR (site 07250965). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2001 to 2026

Frog Bayou typically runs highest in April, at a median 100 cfs, and lowest in September, at 1.4 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 7,160 cfs, in 2016.

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Typical flow by month at Frog Bayou at Winfrey, AR, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January3711 to 104
February6526 to 124
March8443 to 181
April10046 to 188
May8533 to 217
June157.0 to 74
July3.01.0 to 13
August1.50.2 to 6.2
September1.40.3 to 6.0
October2.30.1 to 8.8
November152.2 to 53
December384.3 to 82

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 Frog Bayou at Winfrey, AR (site 07250965). 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 Frog Bayou, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Clear Creek ParkArkansas RiverPublic
  • Vine Prairie ParkArkansas RiverPublic

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