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Little River at Horatio

Critical Stages
20.5' - Action
27' - Flood
28.5' - Moderate
30' - Major

Latest Observation

Updated: 12:00 AM CST 12/15/25

Status: No Flooding

Stage: 7.83 ft

Flow: 2.18 kcfs

Forecast

Forecast not available for this location.

TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
12:00 AM 12/15 7.83 2.18
11:45 PM 12/14 7.79 2.15
11:30 PM 12/14 7.75 2.12
11:15 PM 12/14 7.7 2.08
11:00 PM 12/14 7.64 2.04
10:45 PM 12/14 7.58 2
10:30 PM 12/14 7.52 1.95
10:15 PM 12/14 7.44 1.89
10:00 PM 12/14 7.36 1.84
9:45 PM 12/14 7.27 1.77
9:30 PM 12/14 7.18 1.71
9:15 PM 12/14 7.07 1.63
9:00 PM 12/14 6.96 1.56
8:45 PM 12/14 6.84 1.48
8:30 PM 12/14 6.71 1.39
8:15 PM 12/14 6.57 1.3
8:00 PM 12/14 6.43 1.22
7:45 PM 12/14 6.29 1.13
7:30 PM 12/14 6.15 1.05
7:15 PM 12/14 6.03 0.977
7:00 PM 12/14 5.93 0.918
6:45 PM 12/14 5.84 0.866
6:30 PM 12/14 5.77 0.826
6:15 PM 12/14 5.73 0.805
6:00 PM 12/14 5.7 0.789
5:45 PM 12/14 5.69 0.783
5:30 PM 12/14 5.68 0.778
5:15 PM 12/14 5.69 0.783
5:00 PM 12/14 5.7 0.789
4:45 PM 12/14 5.71 0.794
Hydrograph for Little River at Horatio
38' - Record flooding of tens of thousands of acres throughout much of Little River and Sevier counties of Arkansas.
34' - Serious flooding of several thousands of acres of grazing and farming land will take place. The Kansas City Southern railroad bed will be flooded both northwest and southeast of the highway 41 bridge. Several secondary roadways will be cutoff in the area. Also expect severe backwater flooding on the Cossatot and Rolling Fork Rivers at and upstream from their confluences with the Little River.
30' - The golf course west of Horatio, Arkansas floods. Also ranchers should evacuate cattle and farm machinery to higher ground and have preparations complete for a major flood. Expect considerable lowland flooding of several hundred acres of grazing and farming land. Expect major backwater flooding of small tributaries at their confluence with the Little River such as the Cossatot and the Rolling Fork Rivers.
29' - The boat ramp recreation area at Wilton, Arkansas downstream from Horatio is flooded and closed. Also the golf course west of Horatio, Arkansas suffers from overflow.
27' - The golf course west of Horatio is cut off from vehicle traffic by floodwaters. A few hundred acres of lowland flood both upstream and downstream from the highway 41 bridge.
DateStage (ft)
Aug 21, 1915 38
Mar 30, 1945 37.7
Jan 25, 1938 36.93
Feb 19, 1938 36.48
Jan 27, 1949 35.58
May 6, 1935 34.8
Dec 30, 2015 34.69
Apr 23, 1952 34.26
Feb 13, 1950 34.06
Jun 19, 1935 33.37
Apr 28, 1957 33.13
Jul 29, 1947 32.99
Dec 10, 1971 32.85
Sep 17, 1950 32.8
Feb 22, 1945 32.78
May 3, 1958 32.7
Jan 14, 1950 32.66
Feb 28, 1945 32.65
May 3, 1944 32.64
May 12, 1953 32.32

Data provided by the National Weather Service.