Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 16, 2025
River flow1.60 ft
Actual · 03/16/2025
1.60 ft; discharge 561 cfs
USGS daily
03/16 average
1.89 ft; discharge 855 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.29 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 31° / 20°F · 0.23" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/16 average: 1% of peak melted · 23.4 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2025
31° / 20°F · 0.23"
03/16 average
42° / 11°F · 0.07"
18 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2025
51° / 32°F · 0.00"
03/16 average
51° / 28°F · 0.01"
17 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/16 average: 1% of peak melted · 23.4 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/16 average: 0% of peak melted · 36.2 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.