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Flood Channel in Idaho

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Around Flood Channel

0.5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Thermal springs: NOAA NCEI (1980) · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

Flood Channel is a 2.1 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Blackfoot River and Bypass Channel near Blackfoot ID (site 13068501). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 8. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1913 to 2016

Flood Channel typically runs highest in October, at a median 276 cfs, and lowest in July, at 48 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,130 cfs, in 1974.

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Typical flow by month at Blackfoot River and Bypass Channel near Blackfoot ID, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January9462 to 150
February9665 to 170
March11379 to 242
April182108 to 422
May21258 to 508
June13441 to 301
July4810 to 164
August7015 to 212
September8321 to 216
October276116 to 422
November210123 to 330
December11175 to 181

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 84 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Blackfoot River and Bypass Channel near Blackfoot ID (site 13068501). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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