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Live lake level, flow, historical records and forecast for Lake Conway near Mayflower in AR, United States, built from official government gauge data.
Lake Conway sits in the Lake Conway-Point Remove watershed in Arkansas.
The record at this USGS station spans more than 8 years. The highest level in the file is 267.91 ft (81.66 m), set in June 2019. The lowest is 252.55 ft (76.98 m), set in July 2026.
The seasonal pattern is narrow: the typical high month is April at 263.09 ft (80.19 m), and the typical low month is January at 262.06 ft (79.88 m). That typical annual swing is 12.3 in (31.2 cm). For a dock, a ramp, or a shallow intake, that says the water usually moves within a tight band, but the record still shows much larger departures can happen.
No fastest 24-hour rise is listed here, so there is nothing to add on warning time from this station record.
The watershed label here is Lake Conway-Point Remove, but the station itself is the gauge point to watch. That matters because local users feel the level at the lake, not the broader map name.
The regional pattern for this part of Arkansas is rainfall-driven winter-spring flooding, with flashy upland streams and slower lowland recession. On a lake station, that means day-to-day changes can stay modest for a while, then shift when runoff arrives. The lake’s record high in June 2019 and its record low in July 2026 show that the range on the page is not just a seasonal curve; it also captures the edges that matter for access, bank exposure, and shallow-water use.
The hero number on this page is best read as today’s level compared with the median for this calendar day across the station record, not as a raw elevation by itself. That comparison tells you whether the lake is running high or low for this date, which is more useful than the absolute number alone.
This station is operated by the USGS, and the record length is more than 8 years.
Readings come from official government gauges and are rolled into daily records: the daily mean, high and low for every day on record. Each calendar day gets its own baseline from the full history, so the level you see is compared against what this specific date usually looks like rather than an annual average.
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