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Willow Creek

River in Idaho, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 627 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

33.9

cfs · 19 min ago

Normal for today

182

cfs median, 46 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

2.21

ft

Below normal for the date19% of medianUSGS gauge 13058000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 36.3–410 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
WILLOW CREEK NR RIRIE ID1305800033.9 cfs—19 min ago
WILLOW CREEK BL TEX CREEK NR RIRIE ID1305794011.9 cfs—1h ago
WILLOW CREEK BLW FLOODWAY CHANNEL NR UCON ID1305853020.3 cfs—19 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 182 cfs over 46 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 37.0 and 348 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 Willow Creek

Willow Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Snake River South Fork (26 mi), Teton River (35 mi), Snake River (53 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Willow Creek
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: active
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: peakJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: peakOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
Golden StoneflyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: activeSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
GrasshopperJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: peakOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
MidgeJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: peak
Pale Morning DunJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
SalmonflyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Green DrakeJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: peakSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
TricoJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: activeAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Willow Creek

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