Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, April 4, 2017
River flow3.40 ft
Actual · 04/04/2017
3.40 ft; discharge 2,600 cfs
USGS daily
04/04 average
2.26 ft; discharge 1,212 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 1.14 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 35° / 4°F · 0.00" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 04/04 average: 2% of peak melted · 25.4 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2017
35° / 4°F · 0.00"
04/04 average
46° / 12°F · 0.02"
17 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2017
39° / 25°F · 0.14"
04/04 average
54° / 26°F · 0.04"
18 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 04/04 average: 2% of peak melted · 25.4 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 04/04 average: 0% of peak melted · 40.5 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%
Tuesdays: 1.54%, about 1 in 65
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.