Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 17, 2015
River flow2.91 ft
Actual · 03/17/2015
2.91 ft; discharge 1,970 cfs
USGS daily
03/17 average
1.90 ft; discharge 866 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 1.01 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 45° / 26°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/17 average: 1% of peak melted · 23.6 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2015
45° / 26°F · 0.00"
03/17 average
43° / 11°F · 0.09"
17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2015
61° / 41°F · 0.00"
03/17 average
53° / 27°F · 0.03"
18 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/17 average: 1% of peak melted · 23.6 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/17 average: 0% of peak melted · 36.6 in SWE
Lottery oddsOutside the May 28–Sep 3 lottery season. Season-wide 2025: 1.79%.
2025 lottery
Outside the May 28–Sep 3 lottery season. Season-wide 2025: 1.79%.
Day-of-week context (2025)
Days with the best odds: Saturday 2.81%, Friday 2.17%
Days with the worst odds: Monday 1.05%, Tuesday 1.54%
Tuesdays: 1.54%, about 1 in 65
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.