Bear River at Border, ID
River level and flood forecast · Bear Lake County
The river is 6.5 ft below flood stage (7.5 ft).
Forecast to hold near 1.0 ft through Mon, Oct 19, 6 AM.
Flow: 67 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 10:23 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
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Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 11.7 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 10.5 ft |
| Flood stage | 7.5 ft |
| Action stage | 7 ft |
| Record crest (June 7, 1983) | 9.69 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 11.7 ftLow lying roads near the river will be covered with water from the Wyoming border to the Dingle area. Bottom girders of Border Rd bridge become affected when stage is approximately 11 feet (flow starts to back up from bridge).
- 10.5 ftWater may begin to cover portions of Danish Avenue east of Dingle. Near 10.5 feet in stage is where the flat horizontal concrete footings of bridge become inundated (water still flows under bridge uninhibited).
- 7.5 ftWater will begin to encroach on Pegram Road just north of Pegram. Lowland flooding of fields and pasture land will occur. Driveways to low lying homes next to the river near Dingle may have water across them. Some basements of low lying homes next to the river will start to have water come in them.
- 7 ftRiver reaches bankful at several locations. Water begins to spill over the river bank causing minor flooding of some low-lying fields.
Highest crests on record
- 9.69 ft — June 7, 1983
- 9.51 ft — May 31, 1984
- 9.42 ft — June 14, 1986
- 9.38 ft — June 27, 2011
- 8.89 ft — May 11, 1952
Recent crests: 2.29 ft (May 24, 2021) · 4.24 ft (May 7, 2020) · 6.12 ft (June 8, 2019) · 4.1 ft (May 13, 2018) · 8.78 ft (March 25, 2017)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (BRBW4); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.