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Black Riverat Pocahontas, AR (Gauge POCA4)
Forecast | Observation History | Stage Impacts/Record Events
Stages:
Normal
Action
Flood
Moderate Flood
Major Flood
River Stage Data for Gauge POCA4
Normal Stage: 9.14 ft
Flow: 7.52 kcfs*
(impacts and historical events)
Action Stages:
16': Action
17': Flood
22': Moderate Flood
25': Major Flood
Gauge POCA4 Forecast / History chart | graph
Stage Date CST Stage ft Flow kcfs
FORECAST 02/21/2012 06:00 am 7.50 6.200
FORECAST 02/21/2012 12:00 am 7.60 6.270
FORECAST 02/20/2012 06:00 pm 7.60 6.270
FORECAST 02/20/2012 12:00 pm 7.70 6.350
FORECAST 02/20/2012 06:00 am 7.70 6.350
FORECAST 02/20/2012 12:00 am 7.80 6.430
FORECAST 02/19/2012 06:00 pm 7.90 6.510
FORECAST 02/19/2012 12:00 pm 8.00 6.590
FORECAST 02/19/2012 06:00 am 8.10 6.670
FORECAST 02/19/2012 12:00 am 8.20 6.750
FORECAST 02/18/2012 06:00 pm 8.40 6.910
FORECAST 02/18/2012 12:00 pm 8.60 7.080
FORECAST 02/18/2012 06:00 am 8.80 7.240
FORECAST 02/18/2012 12:00 am 9.00 7.400
FORECAST 02/17/2012 06:00 pm 9.20 7.570
FORECAST 02/17/2012 12:00 pm 9.40 7.740
FORECAST 02/17/2012 06:00 am 9.50 7.820
FORECAST 02/17/2012 12:00 am 9.50 7.820
FORECAST 02/16/2012 06:00 pm 9.30 7.650
CURRENT 02/16/2012 04:00 pm 9.14 7.520
  02/16/2012 03:45 pm 9.13 7.510
  02/16/2012 03:30 pm 9.13 7.510
  02/16/2012 03:15 pm 9.11 7.490
  02/16/2012 03:00 pm 9.12 7.500
  02/16/2012 02:45 pm 9.11 7.490
  02/16/2012 02:30 pm 9.10 7.480
  02/16/2012 02:15 pm 9.09 7.480
  02/16/2012 02:00 pm 9.08 7.470
  02/16/2012 01:45 pm 9.08 7.470
  02/16/2012 01:30 pm 9.06 7.450
  02/16/2012 01:15 pm 9.05 7.440
  02/16/2012 01:00 pm 9.05 7.440
  02/16/2012 12:45 pm 9.03 7.430
  02/16/2012 12:30 pm 9.04 7.430
  02/16/2012 12:15 pm 9.02 7.420
  02/16/2012 12:00 pm 9.01 7.410
  02/16/2012 11:45 am 9.01 7.410
  02/16/2012 11:30 am 8.99 7.390
  02/16/2012 11:15 am 8.98 7.380
  02/16/2012 11:00 am 8.97 7.380
  02/16/2012 10:45 am 8.96 7.370
  02/16/2012 10:30 am 8.95 7.360
  02/16/2012 10:15 am 8.94 7.350
  02/16/2012 10:00 am 8.92 7.340
  02/16/2012 09:45 am 8.91 7.330
  02/16/2012 09:30 am 8.90 7.320
  02/16/2012 09:15 am 8.90 7.320
  02/16/2012 09:00 am 8.88 7.300
  02/16/2012 08:45 am 8.86 7.290
  02/16/2012 08:30 am 8.84 7.270
Flood Impacts and Historical Events
Stage Impacts
28.0HIGH WATER MARK OF THE FLOOD OF AUGUST 1915 WAS 27.9 FEET.
26.0RIVER CRESTED MARCH 22...2008 AT 26.5 FEET. MUCH OF THE AREA AROUND POCAHONTAS WAS FLOODED. U. S. HIGHWAY 67 FLOODS BETWEEN POCAHONTAS AND WALNUT RIDGE. RUNNING WATER LEVEE OVERTOPPED. NUMEROUS HOMES IMPACTED BY FLOODING OR FLOODED ACCESS.
25.0MAJOR FLOODING BEGINS...RESIDENTIAL FLOODING IN EASTERN POCAHONTAS...EVACUATIONS MAY BE NEEDED. DECEMBER 1982 CREST WAS 25.2 FT. RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS PROPERTY ALONG THE FOURCHE...BLACK... AND CURRENT RIVERS WILL FLOOD. DEVELOPMENT IN POCAHONTAS ALONG THE EASTERN BANK OF THE RIVER COULD BE IMPACTED.
24.0WITHOUT TEMPORARY LEVEE...WATER COULD BE RISING NEAR HOMES ALONG PACE STREET. STATE HIGHWAY 166 AND 328 FLOODED. RIVERFRONT PARK IS FLOODED AND WATER WILL BE RISING NEAR BUSINESSES ON WEST BANK OF RIVER AT U. S. HIGHWAY 67 BRIDGE. HOMES ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 166 FLOODED. PROPERTY ON CURRENT RIVER AT U. S. HIGHWAY 67 BRIDGE ALSO FLOODED.
23.0WATER AROUND HOMES ON STATE HIGHWAY 166. STATE HIGHWAY 166 AND 328 MAY BE FLOODED. RIVERFRONT PARK FLOODED. SEVERAL HOMES...CABINS...AND BUSINESS AT THE STATE HIGHWAY 67 BRIDGE OVER THE CURRENT RIVER ARE SURROUNDED BY WATER. WATER GETTING NEAR PACE STREET AT NORTH END OF AIRPORT.
22.0MODERATE FLOOD LEVEL...FLOODING ON FOURCHE RIVER...PETTIT CREEK...AND MILL CREEK. NORTH FRINGE OF AIRPORT MAY BE FLOODING. HIGH WATER ON THE FOURCHE RIVER MAY BE AFFECTING STATE HIGHWAYS 328 AND 166. HOUSES ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 166 MAY HAVE WATER NEAR FOUNDATIONS. RIVERFRONT PARK IS PARTIALLY FLOODED.
20.0FLOODING OF BACKWATER UP TRIBUTARIES IS SPREADING INTO LANDS ALONG THE CURRENT...FOURCHE...AND BLACK RIVERS. WATER IS SPREADING TOWARDS THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE AIRPORT.
17.0AGRICULTURAL LANDS ALONG RIVER EAST AND SOUTH OF POCAHONTAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY HIGH WATER. EQUIPMENT AND LIVESTOCK SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND.
Historical Crests Record Lows
1) 27.90 ft on 08/04/1915
2) 26.56 ft on 03/22/2008
3) 25.90 ft on 04/17/1927
2) 0.24 ft on 09/23/2000

Data provided by NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service

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