Silver Bow Creek

River in Montana, read from 4 USGS gauges, draining about 473 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

22.9

cfs · 36 min ago

Normal for today

53.0

cfs median, 40 yrs

Water temp

°F · 36 min ago

Gage height

1.84

Below normal for the date43% of medianUSGS gauge 12323750

Thirty-day mean discharge · 20.8–53.7 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
Silver Bow Creek at Warm Springs MT12323750	22.9 cfs	49°F	36 min ago
Silver Bow Creek at Opportunity MT12323600	14.8 cfs	47°F	1h ago
Silver Bow Cr bl Blacktail Cr, at Butte, MT12323250	15.3 cfs	52°F	51 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 53.0 cfs over 40 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 34.0 and 77.0 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 Silver Bow Creek

Silver Bow Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Big Hole River (33 mi), Flint Creek (47 mi), Beaverhead River (62 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Silver Bow Creek
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: active	July: active	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: active	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
Midge	January: peak	February: peak	March: peak	April: active	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: active	September: active	October: active	November: peak	December: peak
Pale Morning Dun	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: peak	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Golden Stonefly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: peak	July: peak	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Terrestrials	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: peak	August: peak	September: peak	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Yellow Sally	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: peak	July: peak	August: active	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Crane Fly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: active	September: peak	October: active	November: absent	December: absent
Grasshopper	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
March Brown	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: peak	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Salmonfly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: peak	July: active	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Skwala	January: absent	February: absent	March: active	April: peak	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent

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Reports

From anglers on Silver Bow 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.