County Almanac

Today on the Prairie

Weather, sunrise and sunset, hunting and fishing seasons, state highway work, and the Bayou Meto river gauge, all on one page. The forecast, sun and moon times, and river reading load fresh each time you open the page; road work, season dates, burn-ban status, and grain prices come from county data files that are updated separately and may be out of date. Every section lists its source.

Forecast What's in Season Road Work County Snapshot

Sun & moon

Today over the Grand Prairie

Sunrise, sunset, and moon phase for the county seat, calculated in your browser.

Sunrise — Waterfowl shooting hours begin 30 minutes before sunrise — —. Source: AGFC guidebooks.

Sunset — Waterfowl shooting hours end at sunset. Source: AGFC guidebooks.

Daylight — Sunrise to sunset.

Tonight's moon — Drawn at its real phase, same as the homepage sky.

Forecast

The week ahead

The forecast for Lonoke County from the National Weather Service forecast office in Little Rock.

The forecast loads live in your browser — or read it at weather.gov directly.

Source: api.weather.gov, free and keyless, fetched in your browser.

County snapshot

Burn status, river level, and grain prices

Burn status Not shown — call before burning From the state burn-ban map · tap for details. Bayou Meto now Reading… Live USGS gauge near Lonoke · tap for every gauge in the county. Grain today Loading… Best Arkansas cash bid · tap for the full market page.

On the highways

Road work in the county

State highway closures, lane closures, and construction inside Lonoke County, collected daily from ARDOT's public map. County-road issues still go straight to the Road Department at (501) 676-6403.

Happening right now?

Wrecks, water over the road, and tonight's lane shifts live on IDriveArkansas — ARDOT's real-time map.

Long-running construction

Construction projects load from the county's daily data file.

Closures & lane closures

Closures load from the county's daily data file.

Source: ARDOT / IDriveArkansas public map layers, collected daily.

Field & bayou

What's in season

Season windows are set by the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AGFC), not by the county. The 2026–27 waterfowl dates below are the dates AGFC adopted in April 2026. Bag limits, zones, and stamps are also set by AGFC: check the 2026–27 Hunting Guidebook on the AGFC guidebooks page before you hunt.

Bayou Meto WMA rules

For the 2026–27 season, AGFC will establish new “non-motorized boat only” access areas on portions of George H. Dunklin Bayou Meto WMA, according to AGFC’s April 2026 announcement. AGFC has not published maps of the affected areas yet; it says the maps will be posted on agfc.com as waterfowl season draws near. Boat access and other rules for the WMA are set by AGFC, not by the county. Check the AGFC guidebooks for the current rules before you go.

Season windows load from the county's data file (hand-entered from AGFC announcements).

River levels and grain markets

Rivers & Bayous Grain Markets