Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, September 5, 2021
River flow1.40 ft
Actual · 09/05/2021
1.40 ft; discharge 411 cfs
USGS daily
09/05 average
1.70 ft; discharge 644 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.30 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 78° / 17°F · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 09/05 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2021
78° / 17°F
09/05 average
77° / 30°F · 0.03"
20 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2021
83° / 36°F · 0.00"
09/05 average
80° / 45°F · 0.04"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 09/05 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 09/05 average: 100% of peak melted · 0.0 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%
Sundays: 1.78%, about 1 in 56
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.