Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, March 17, 2008
River flow1.65 ft
Actual · 03/17/2008
1.65 ft; discharge 536 cfs
USGS daily
03/17 average
1.90 ft; discharge 866 cfs
20-year USGS
Below average by 0.25 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 38° / 7°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 03/17 average: 1% of peak melted · 23.6 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2008
38° / 7°F · 0.00"
03/17 average
43° / 11°F · 0.09"
17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2008
44° / 26°F · 0.00"
03/17 average
53° / 27°F · 0.03"
18 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 03/17 average: 1% of peak melted · 23.6 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 03/17 average: 0% of peak melted · 36.6 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%
Mondays: 1.05%, about 1 in 95
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.