Rivers in Arkansas

Cossatot River near DeQueen

Sevier County, ArkansasNWS DEQA4USGS 07340500Shreveport office

Below flood stage
2.94ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 2:00 AM CDT

Flood stage
15.00 ft
Record crest
20.70 ft1961

Open the live map with the river flood outlook

Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood21.00 ft
Moderate flood18.00 ft
Minor flood15.00 ft
Action14.50 ft
  1. 21.00 ftSEVERAL THOUSAND ACRES FLOOD. LIVESTOCK MUST BE EVACUATED.
  2. 15.00 ftMINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS. LIVESTOCK AND EQUIPMENT IN THE FLOODPLAIN SHOULD BE EVACUATED. RAFTERS AND CANOEISTS SHOULD AVOID THE RIVER...AS CURRENTS ARE SWIFT...TURBULENT...AND FULL OF DEBRIS.

Crest history

53 crests on NOAA’s list since 1938.

#DateStage
1May 6, 196120.70 ft
2August 28, 194720.47 ft
3March 30, 194520.20 ft
4September 20, 195020.14 ft
5May 25, 194619.96 ft
6January 24, 194919.76 ft
7April 16, 193919.70 ft
8January 24, 193819.70 ft
9February 12, 195019.36 ft
10May 12, 195319.16 ft
11April 24, 196419.12 ft
12January 13, 195018.97 ft
13September 16, 195018.94 ft
14May 2, 194418.70 ft
15March 9, 196418.68 ft
16September 9, 194218.56 ft
17April 8, 194218.41 ft
18January 1, 194818.30 ft
19December 7, 194718.28 ft
20February 27, 194518.18 ft
21February 21, 194518.14 ft
22October 13, 197318.05 ft
23April 22, 195218.00 ft
24May 18, 194017.94 ft
25April 12, 195217.94 ft

Most recent crests

  • April 29, 2016: 16.04 ft
  • December 28, 2015: 15.32 ft
  • March 8, 1976: 10.53 ft
  • February 1, 1975: 13.93 ft
  • October 13, 1973: 18.05 ft
  • June 23, 1965: 16.16 ft
  • May 27, 1965: 15.46 ft
  • February 10, 1965: 16.24 ft
  • January 9, 1965: 14.92 ft
  • April 24, 1964: 19.12 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Arkansas-Red Basin RFC. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.