About this river
Poke Bayou is a 2.6 mile river near Little Red Trout in Arkansas. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge White River at Batesville, AR (site 07061000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1943 to 2025
Poke Bayou typically runs highest in April, at a median 14,650 cfs, and lowest in October, at 4,670 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 303,000 cfs, in 1945.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8,310 | 4,150 to 17,200 | |
| February | 9,790 | 6,210 to 21,700 | |
| March | 13,900 | 7,050 to 24,200 | |
| April | 14,650 | 8,495 to 25,750 | |
| May | 12,000 | 6,900 to 20,300 | |
| June | 11,350 | 6,085 to 18,300 | |
| July | 8,520 | 4,870 to 17,000 | |
| August | 6,960 | 3,630 to 12,800 | |
| September | 5,050 | 2,850 to 9,600 | |
| October | 4,670 | 2,340 to 7,620 | |
| November | 5,290 | 3,155 to 9,445 | |
| December | 6,820 | 3,810 to 15,100 |
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 41 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for White River at Batesville, AR (site 07061000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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