About this river
Palouse River is a 29.1 mile river near Jones Sport Fishing in Idaho. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Palouse River near Potlatch, ID (site 13345000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1916 to 2026
Palouse River typically runs highest in March, at a median 630 cfs, and lowest in September, at 7.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 13,800 cfs, in 1996.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 161 | 48 to 442 | |
| February | 299 | 140 to 611 | |
| March | 630 | 339 to 1,050 | |
| April | 447 | 270 to 944 | |
| May | 199 | 96 to 388 | |
| June | 62 | 39 to 125 | |
| July | 20 | 11 to 31 | |
| August | 8.0 | 4.9 to 13 | |
| September | 7.5 | 4.0 to 13 | |
| October | 13 | 8.8 to 18 | |
| November | 32 | 17 to 53 | |
| December | 54 | 28 to 120 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 63 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Palouse River near Potlatch, ID (site 13345000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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