Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 5, 2006
River flowNo stage reading · 510 cfs
Actual · 03/05/2006
510 cfs
USGS daily
03/05 average
1.57 ft; discharge 537 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 27 cfs.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 35° / —F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/05 average: 0% of peak melted · 21.4 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2006
35° / —F · 0.00"
03/05 average
37° / 6°F · 0.02"
17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2006
44° / 22°F · 0.00"
03/05 average
43° / 21°F · 0.01"
18 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/05 average: 0% of peak melted · 21.4 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/05 average: 0% of peak melted · 32.8 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.