Big Wood River near Ketchum ID

USGS Site No: 13135500Big Wood River • Blaine County, ID

Big Wood River near Ketchum ID on the Big Wood River is currently at 408 cfs (Normal — 30th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 6.31 ft.

Reading from

408
CFS Discharge
6.31
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 257
25th Low threshold 385
50th (Median) Normal (median) 503 Today: 408 cfs
75th High threshold 743
95th Very High threshold 1,200

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.

1.6k 810 0 cfs Apr 4 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 438
May 27, 2026 428
May 26, 2026 382
May 25, 2026 339
May 24, 2026 299
May 23, 2026 281
May 22, 2026 282
May 20, 2026 293
May 19, 2026 318
May 18, 2026 357
May 17, 2026 408
May 16, 2026 456
May 15, 2026 518
Apr 20, 2026 188
Apr 19, 2026 187
Apr 18, 2026 195
Apr 17, 2026 209
Apr 16, 2026 235
Apr 15, 2026 253
Apr 14, 2026 261
Apr 13, 2026 296
Apr 12, 2026 327
Apr 11, 2026 328
Apr 10, 2026 273
Apr 9, 2026 255
Apr 8, 2026 246
Apr 7, 2026 225
Apr 6, 2026 203
Apr 5, 2026 194
Apr 4, 2026 195

Station Information

USGS Site No
13135500
State
ID
County
Blaine County
Coordinates
43.7863, -114.4251
Drainage Area
137 mi²
Datum (ft)
6,225.0
HUC Code
17040219
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Flood Stage Thresholds

Action Stage
7.5 ft
Flood Stage
8.0 ft
Moderate Flood
9.0 ft
Major Flood
10.0 ft

Currently 1.69 ft below flood stage.

Recent Extremes

Max discharge
654 cfs
May 11, 2025
Min discharge
36 cfs
Dec 29, 2025
Days at flood stage
0

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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