Blackfoot River

River in Idaho, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 1,295 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

103

cfs · 1h ago

Normal for today

179

cfs median, 63 yrs

Water temp

°F · 4014d ago

Gage height

3.02

Below normal for the date58% of medianUSGS gauge 13068500

Thirty-day mean discharge · 26.1–113 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
BLACKFOOT RIVER NR BLACKFOOT ID13068500	103 cfs	56°F	1h ago
BLACKFOOT RIVER NR SHELLEY ID13066000	73.4 cfs	—	19 min ago
BLACKFOOT RIVER AB RESERVOIR NR HENRY ID13063000	16.4 cfs	—	1h ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 179 cfs over 63 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 117 and 223 cfs. Today is below that band: lower, clearer and, in summer, warmer water than a typical October day here.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Blackfoot River

Blackfoot River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Snake River South Fork (40 mi), Hoback River (54 mi), Teton River (68 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Blackfoot River
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Blue-Winged Olive	January: active	February: active	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: active
Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: peak	June: peak	July: peak	August: peak	September: peak	October: active	November: absent	December: absent
Golden Stonefly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Pale Morning Dun	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Grasshopper	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: peak	August: peak	September: peak	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Midge	January: peak	February: peak	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: peak
Gray Drake	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: active	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Green Drake	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: peak	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Hecuba Drake	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: peak	October: absent	November: active	December: absent
Little Yellow Stonefly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Mahogany Dun	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: peak	October: peak	November: absent	December: absent
Salmonfly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: peak	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent

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Reports

From anglers on Blackfoot River

No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.