Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 15, 2016
River flow2.12 ft
Actual · 03/15/2016
2.12 ft; discharge 1,060 cfs
USGS daily
03/15 average
1.78 ft; discharge 750 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.34 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 32° / 16°F · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/15 average: 1% of peak melted · 23.1 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2016
32° / 16°F
03/15 average
43° / 15°F · 0.05"
17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2016
42° / 27°F · 0.00"
03/15 average
50° / 27°F · 0.03"
18 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/15 average: 1% of peak melted · 23.1 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/15 average: 0% of peak melted · 35.7 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.