About this river
Valley Creek is a 12.2 mile river near Salmon River Anglers in Idaho. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Valley Creek at Stanley ID (site 13295000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1911 to 2026
Valley Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 591 cfs, and lowest in January, at 80 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,900 cfs, in 1956.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 80 | 70 to 93 | |
| February | 80 | 70 to 91 | |
| March | 83 | 76 to 93 | |
| April | 179 | 123 to 273 | |
| May | 515 | 389 to 734 | |
| June | 591 | 424 to 787 | |
| July | 220 | 146 to 322 | |
| August | 100 | 77 to 131 | |
| September | 88 | 75 to 106 | |
| October | 93 | 78 to 110 | |
| November | 93 | 80 to 112 | |
| December | 85 | 74 to 100 |
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 87 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Valley Creek at Stanley ID (site 13295000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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