🎣 Below the dams
Ozarks Tailwaters: Generation Schedules & Trout Reports
The cold rivers below Beaver, Table Rock, Bull Shoals, Norfork and Greers Ferry dams: dam releases (USACE), the SWPA generation plan, USGS river gauges and water temperatures, wading safety, and the trout parts of the weekly fishing reports. Lake levels and bass reports are on the Lakes (bass) side.
Updated
Wading? Water below a dam can rise several feet fast when generation starts. Plans change without notice. Hour-by-hour dam release schedules →
White River (Beaver Tailwater)
⚡ Generating now · 3,310 cfs (USACE, 11:00 AM CT, Sun Nov 8)
SWPA plan today (Sunday November 08, 2026): generation 5 of 24 hours, peak 96 MW
💧 White River at Beaver Dam 52°F (USGS 07049691, 11:00 AM CT, Sun Nov 8)
Below Beaver Dam · Wading safety · The lake above →
Lake Taneycomo (Table Rock Tailwater)
Not generating now · 800 cfs (USACE, 11:00 AM CT, Sun Nov 8)
SWPA plan today (Sunday November 08, 2026): generation 9 of 24 hours, peak 150 MW
💧 White River below Table Rock Dam 58°F (USGS 07053450, 11:15 AM CT, Sun Nov 8)
Below Table Rock Dam · Wading safety · The lake above →
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White River (Bull Shoals Tailwater)
Not generating now · 1,040 cfs (USACE, 11:00 AM CT, Sun Nov 8)
SWPA plan today (Sunday November 08, 2026): generation 24 of 24 hours, peak 205 MW
River gauge: White River Near Norfork, AR: 6,270 cfs (USGS, 11:30 AM CT, Sun Nov 8); White River At Calico Rock, AR: 4,540 cfs (USGS, 11:15 AM CT, Sun Nov 8)
💧 Release water at Bull Shoals Dam 58°F (USGS 07054501, 11:00 AM CT, Sun Nov 8); Below Bull Shoals Dam at Bull Shoals 58°F (USGS 07054502, 11:00 AM CT, Sun Nov 8); Below Bull Shoals Dam near Fairview 61°F (USGS 07054527, 11:00 AM CT, Sun Nov 8); White River at Calico Rock 56°F (USGS 07060500, 11:15 AM CT, Sun Nov 8)
Below Bull Shoals Dam · Wading safety · The lake above →
Norfork Tailwater
Not generating now · 348 cfs (USACE, 11:00 AM CT, Sun Nov 8)
SWPA plan today (Sunday November 08, 2026): generation 7 of 24 hours, peak 33 MW
💧 North Fork River below Norfork Dam 56°F (USGS 07060000, 11:15 AM CT, Sun Nov 8)
Below Norfork Dam · Wading safety · The lake above →
Little Red River (Greers Ferry Tailwater)
Not generating now · 38 cfs (USACE, 11:00 AM CT, Sun Nov 8)
SWPA plan today (Sunday November 08, 2026): generation 0 of 24 hours
River gauge: Little Red River Near Dewey, AR: 859 cfs (USGS, 10:45 AM CT, Sun Nov 8)
💧 Little Red River near Heber Springs 49°F (USGS 07076000, 11:00 AM CT, Sun Nov 8)
Below Greers Ferry Dam · Wading safety · The lake above →