Big Wood River below Magic Dam near Richfield ID

USGS Site No: 13142500Big Wood River • Blaine County, ID

Big Wood River below Magic Dam near Richfield ID on the Big Wood River is currently at 923 cfs (Normal — 45th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 4.73 ft.

Reading from

923
CFS Discharge
4.73
Gage Height (ft)
Normal
Flow Condition
Normal
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for June 11 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 505
25th Low threshold 750
50th (Median) Normal (median) 962 Today: 923 cfs
75th High threshold 1,770
95th Very High threshold 3,400

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

4k 2k 0 cfs Apr 5 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 921
May 27, 2026 903
May 26, 2026 897
May 25, 2026 897
May 24, 2026 891
May 23, 2026 889
May 22, 2026 892
May 21, 2026 895
May 20, 2026 899
May 19, 2026 911
May 18, 2026 922
May 17, 2026 922
May 16, 2026 922
May 15, 2026 915
Apr 20, 2026 6
Apr 19, 2026 6
Apr 18, 2026 6
Apr 17, 2026 6
Apr 16, 2026 6
Apr 15, 2026 6
Apr 14, 2026 6
Apr 13, 2026 6
Apr 12, 2026 5
Apr 11, 2026 5
Apr 10, 2026 5
Apr 9, 2026 5
Apr 8, 2026 5
Apr 7, 2026 5
Apr 6, 2026 5
Apr 5, 2026 5

Station Information

USGS Site No
13142500
State
ID
County
Blaine County
Coordinates
43.2481, -114.3567
Drainage Area
1,611 mi²
Datum (ft)
4,661.6
HUC Code
17040219
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Flood Stage Thresholds

Action Stage
8.5 ft
Flood Stage
9.0 ft

Currently 4.27 ft below flood stage.

Recent Extremes

Max discharge
938 cfs
Jun 28, 2025
Min discharge
2 cfs
Nov 7, 2025
Days at flood stage
0

Computed from the local daily-values archive.