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Swimmable water near you

1,325 USGS sensors are reporting a live water temperature right now, the newest reading from August 23, 2026 (1 hr ago).

Clear location
  • Cold · below 60°F · 218
  • Cool · 60–69°F · 484
  • Comfortable · 70–86°F · 545
  • Warm · above 86°F · 78
  • You

A map of the United States with one coloured dot per USGS sensor reporting a live water temperature. The readings are listed below.

Nearest live readings

The closest USGS sensors currently reporting a water temperature, nearest first.

  1. Skeleton Creek at Enid, OKUSGS gauge · Oklahoma · 2 ft³/s
    75°F51 mi2 hrs ago
  2. CHENEY RE NR CHENEY, KSUSGS gauge · Kansas
    81°F67 mi2 hrs ago
  3. L ARKANSAS R NR SEDGWICK, KSUSGS gauge · Kansas · 5 ft³/s
    78°F70 mi1 hr ago
  4. L ARKANSAS R UPSTREAM OF ASR FAC NR SEDGWICK, KSUSGS gauge · Kansas
    78°F71 mi2 hrs ago
  5. 25S 01W 07BCCC01 SMW-S11 NR CW36USGS gauge · Kansas
    71°F71 mi2 hrs ago
  6. ELK R NR ELK CITY, KSUSGS gauge · Kansas
    84°F73 mi2 hrs ago
  7. NF NINNESCAH R AB CHENEY RE, KSUSGS gauge · Kansas · 20 ft³/s
    76°F82 mi2 hrs ago
  8. Arkansas River at Tulsa, OKUSGS gauge · Oklahoma
    82°F82 mi2 hrs ago

Nearest swimmable spots

Rated, photographed water destinations within 25 miles — pair one with the nearest sensor reading above before you go.

Lake Ponca Park4.6(757)

Lake Ponca Park

Park · Ponca City, Oklahoma
Camping nearby

Park with a playground, disc-golf course & enclosed fishing dock, plus picnic tables & a swim beach.

14 mi from your location

Arkansas River4.5(1,761)

Arkansas River

River · Oklahoma
Camping nearby

The sixth-longest river in the United States at 1,469 miles, the Arkansas River flows from the Rocky Mountains near Leadville, Colorado through Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas to meet the Mississippi. The upper Colorado stretch offers premier whitewater rafting through Brown's Canyon and the Royal Gorge, plus Gold Medal trout fishing. The 445-mile McClellan-Kerr Navigation System in Oklahoma and Arkansas supports commercial barge traffic and recreation. The river drains nearly 170,000 square miles across its course.

17 mi from your location

About this map

Every pin is a live reading from a USGS real-time monitoring station, captured in a daily snapshot. Colours follow the site’s cold-water-safety thresholds and describe the water at that one sensor — usually a river or stream gauge, not a swim beach — so treat them as a guide to what the water is doing nearby, not a verdict on a specific spot. Readings are provisional and can be revised by the USGS. Your location only sorts this page: the coordinates appear in the address bar (rounded to about a mile) and are not saved to an account or our database.

Conditions are for general information only and can change quickly. Always judge the water in person and follow posted advisories and local guidance before swimming or paddling.