GaugeKeep Guides
Arkansas water, explained
Whether you wade a tailwater, run a bass boat, own a dock, hunt flooded timber, or float a river, the water level decides your day. These guides show you how to read it — and how to get a free alert the moment it changes.
Trout & Tailwaters
White River & Norfork trout anglers and guides
White River Trout Generation Schedule: How to Read Bull Shoals & Norfork Before You Wade
How generation at Bull Shoals and Norfork dams controls the White River and North Fork trout water — how to check whether the turbines are running right now, and how to get an alert before the water comes up.
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Little Red River trout anglers
Little Red River Trout: Reading Greers Ferry Generation Before You Wade
How generation at Greers Ferry Dam sets the Little Red River trout water near Heber Springs, how to check if the turbines are running now, and how to get alerted before the river rises.
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Anyone fishing or recreating below an Arkansas dam
How to Tell If a Dam Is Generating Right Now (Arkansas Tailwaters)
A plain-English guide to telling whether an Arkansas dam is generating or releasing water right now — what the signs are, why the schedule is not enough, and how to see live status.
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Wading anglers on tailwaters
Tailwater Wading Safety: Reading Generation, Horns, and Rising Water
A safety guide for wading below dams: how fast tailwaters rise when generation starts, the warning signs, and how to use live gauge data and alerts to get out in time.
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Lakes & Boating
Boaters and lake anglers across Arkansas
Arkansas Lake Levels Today: Are the Lakes Up or Down?
Check today’s Arkansas lake levels — live pool elevations for Bull Shoals, Beaver, Greers Ferry, Norfork, Dardanelle, Millwood and more, straight from Corps of Engineers telemetry.
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Bass and crappie anglers
How Lake Level Affects Bass Fishing (and How to Fish a Rising or Falling Lake)
How rising and falling lake levels move bass and bait, where to fish in high or low water, and how to track pool elevation so you show up on the right pattern.
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Boaters checking a ramp before towing
Is the Boat Ramp Usable? Reading Lake Elevation Before You Launch
How to tell whether a boat ramp is usable before you tow — how high and low lake levels close ramps, and how to check live pool elevation for Arkansas lakes.
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Waterfront Homeowners
Homeowners on Arkansas lakes and rivers
Lake & River Flood Alerts for Waterfront Homeowners in Arkansas
If you own property on an Arkansas lake or river, here is how to monitor the water level near your home and get an early alert before it reaches your dock, yard, or house.
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Dock and boathouse owners
Protecting Your Dock: Monitoring Lake Elevation Through Flood Season
How rising and falling lake levels stress docks, lifts, and boathouses, and how to use live pool elevation and alerts to protect your investment during flood season.
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Duck Hunting & Paddling
Waterfowl hunters
Arkansas Duck Hunting Water Levels: Flooded Timber, River Stage & the Green-Timber Window
How river and backwater levels make or break Arkansas duck season, why the flooded-timber window depends on stage, and how to track the gauges that tell you when the woods flood.
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Kayakers, canoeists, and float trippers
Reading River Flow Before You Float: Arkansas Paddling Levels Explained
How to check whether an Arkansas river is too low, just right, or too high to paddle — what stage and flow mean for floating, and how to track the gauge at your put-in.
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