Cossatot River level at Wickes
Arkansas · Paddling & whitewater
Measured at USGS 07340300 — Cossatot River near Vandervoort, AR
Reading taken · as of 13 min ago
Too low for most boats — rocky and technical
At 2.9 CFS, this gauge is in the lowest 5% of the 59 years USGS has recorded for this date (1967–2026), at 15% of the 19 CFS median.
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Flow history at Wickes
Daily values from USGS 07340300, updated every 15 to 60 minutes. Provisional.
About Cossatot River at Wickes
USGS publishes this station as Cossatot River near Vandervoort, AR. On 89.6 square miles it has recorded an instantaneous peak of 52,100 CFS, in May 2009, which works out to roughly 580 CFS for every square mile of drainage, and 51,300 CFS in August 2020 on top of that. Fifty-nine annual peaks are on file, running from May 1961 to April 2025.
The other end of the record is just as extreme and much more recent: the lowest daily mean in fifty-nine years, 2.58 CFS, was set on 3 September 2026, three weeks before this page was written. Published monthly medians run from 17 CFS in September to 150 in March, and daily statistics cover 1967 to 2026, with the series itself opening on 1 June 1967.
Cossatot River at Wickes — common questions
6 questions
How recent is the record low on this page?
Very. The 2.58 CFS daily mean of 3 September 2026 is the lowest in the station's fifty-nine year record, and it was set this month. If the reading above is low, it is worth knowing that the record it would be breaking is only weeks old rather than decades.
Is there a flood forecast here?
No. There is no NWS forecast point at this station, so the page carries no flood categories, impact statements or crest list. The USGS peak record stands in for it: 52,100 CFS at 19.73 feet in May 2009, 51,300 CFS at 20.69 feet in August 2020, and 48,000 CFS at 23 feet in May 1961, which remains the highest stage on file despite being the third largest flow.
What does the Broken Bow comparison show?
Mostly that the two rivers are not alike. The Lower Mountain Fork at Broken Bow is 32 miles away and the two gauges share their entire 21,665 day record since June 1967, but they correlate at only 0.384 and this gauge runs at a median of about 0.08 times the Broken Bow flow. A complete overlap producing a weak correlation is a real result, and here it separates a small free-flowing stream from a large reservoir release.
How fast can Cossatot River at Wickes come up?
Fast. It is free-flowing, so rain upstream moves it directly. Several feet in a few hours is normal after a heavy storm.
Is Cossatot River at Wickes high or low for this time of year?
The USGS median flow for late September here is 19 CFS, from 59 years of record (1967–2026). Today sits in the lowest 5% of those years, at 15% of the median. The comparison is what makes the raw number mean anything: the same reading is a drought on one river and a flood on another.
How often does this reading update?
USGS transmits from gauge 07340300 every 15 to 60 minutes. This page refreshes from USGS when you open it, and the reading is provisional until USGS reviews it. The timestamp is in the gauge's local time.