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Saline River in Arkansas

River62.1 mi

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Cherokee Lakes RV Park23.1 mi10 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Saline River is a 62.1 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Saline River at Benton, AR (site 07363000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1951 to 2026

Saline River typically runs highest in March, at a median 696 cfs, and lowest in August, at 45 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 66,000 cfs, in 1969.

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Typical flow by month at Saline River at Benton, AR, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January437240 to 877
February613327 to 1,180
March696393 to 1,440
April589271 to 1,305
May339190 to 930
June16781 to 331
July7934 to 150
August4523 to 100
September4620 to 112
October4926 to 100
November11658 to 409
December327163 to 908

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 56 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Saline River at Benton, AR (site 07363000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

3 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Saline River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

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