About this river
Little Red River is an 8.5 mile river near Lacey's Narrows Marina in Arkansas. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Middle Fork of Little Red River at Shirley, AR (site 07075000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1939 to 2026
Little Red River typically runs highest in March, at a median 487 cfs, and lowest in September, at 9.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 75,000 cfs, in 1983.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 240 | 107 to 504 | |
| February | 346 | 147 to 710 | |
| March | 487 | 237 to 1,020 | |
| April | 448 | 229 to 859 | |
| May | 331 | 155 to 715 | |
| June | 77 | 33 to 219 | |
| July | 21 | 6.0 to 56 | |
| August | 12 | 3.8 to 26 | |
| September | 9.2 | 1.8 to 43 | |
| October | 18 | 0.9 to 55 | |
| November | 69 | 22 to 244 | |
| December | 195 | 70 to 468 |
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 66 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Middle Fork of Little Red River at Shirley, AR (site 07075000). 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 Little Red River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
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