Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 4, 2023
River flow1.35 ft
Actual · 03/04/2023
1.35 ft; discharge 408 cfs
USGS daily
03/04 average
1.58 ft; discharge 547 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.23 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 27° / -19°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/04 average: 0% of peak melted · 21.3 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2023
27° / -19°F · 0.00"
03/04 average
39° / 2°F · 0.03"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2023
39° / 11°F · 0.00"
03/04 average
44° / 22°F · 0.01"
18 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/04 average: 0% of peak melted · 21.3 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/04 average: 0% of peak melted · 32.6 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%
Saturdays: 2.81%, about 1 in 36
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.