Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, October 5, 2009
River flow1.74 ft
Actual · 10/05/2009
1.74 ft; discharge 666 cfs
USGS daily
10/05 average
1.72 ft; discharge 660 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 0.02 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 42° / 29°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 10/05 average: 0% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2009
42° / 29°F · 0.00"
10/05 average
57° / 24°F · 0.06"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2009
46° / 36°F · 0.02"
10/05 average
62° / 36°F · 0.07"
19 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 10/05 average: 0% of peak melted · 0.0 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 10/05 average: 0% of peak melted · 0.1 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.