Water report · Salmon River (ID)
Salmon River (ID) conditions
Running normal for mid August. Above 26% of past August 13s on record.
Updated 6:00 PM UTC, Aug 13
Salmon River (ID) flow history
What this means
793 cfs puts Salmon River (ID) in the 26th percentile for August 13, against 112 years of record.
The median for this date is 1,110 cfs, and half of all August 13s on record fell between 782 and 1,510.
That is 90.0 cfs lower than on Aug 3.
Over the last 30 days, Salmon River (ID) ran between 883 and 1,660 cfs, lowest on Aug 9 and highest on Jul 11.
That is 777 cfs lower than on Jul 11.
Over the last 90 days, Salmon River (ID) ran between 883 and 5,630 cfs, lowest on Aug 9 and highest on May 14.
That is 3,710 cfs lower than on May 12.
Over the last 12 months, Salmon River (ID) ran between 647 and 5,630 cfs, lowest on Aug 25 and highest on May 14.
That is 134 cfs higher than on Aug 12.
On this water
No member has posted conditions here lately. The gauge says what the water is doing; an angler who was standing in it says what that felt like.
Post a reportUSGS monitoring location 13302500, SALMON RIVER AT SALMON ID, 0.4 miles from the centre of Salmon River (ID). Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.
About this gauge
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 13302500, SALMON RIVER AT SALMON ID, 0.4 miles from the centre of Salmon River (ID). It reports gage height and discharge. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.
Salmon River (ID) fishing records
The gauge is half the picture. The other half is what came out of the water: verified catches, the current record, and the anglers holding it.
See the Salmon River (ID) record book