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Payette River at Horseshoe Bend, ID

River level and flood forecast · Boise County

Normal2.8 ftas of Mon 9:30 PM

Forecast to hold near 2.8 ft through Mon, Oct 19, 6 PM.

Flow: 868 cubic feet per second (USGS).

The last 7 days and the forecast

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NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 1:09 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

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Flood stages

Action stage13.7 ft
Record crest (December 23, 1964)16.35 ft

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

  • 14.9 ftMINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE JUST UPSTREAM FROM THE HORSESHOE BEND HYDROPOWER CANAL INTAKE. WATER WILL BE NEAR THE TOP OF THE HORSESHOE BEND LEVEE. IF THE LEVEE IS OVERTOPPED... FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF TOWN BETWEEN THE CANAL AND THE RIVER...INCLUDING THE AREAS NEAR ADAMS STREET AND LOCUST STREET AND PORTIONS OF RIVER AVENUE.
  • 13.7 ftWATER WILL APPROACH THE TOP OF THE LEVEE BEHIND THE HIGH SCHOOL.

Highest crests on record

  1. 16.35 ft — December 23, 1964
  2. 15.63 ft — June 2, 1997
  3. 14.73 ft — June 5, 2010
  4. 14.43 ft — June 27, 1971
  5. 14.05 ft — December 23, 1956

Recent crests: 10.7 ft (May 12, 2025) · 10.51 ft (June 4, 2024) · 12.06 ft (May 22, 2023) · 11.47 ft (June 13, 2022) · 7.3 ft (May 2, 2021)

Up and down the river, and nearby

See it on the live map →Radar & warnings for Boise CountyNWS gauge pageUSGS gauge 13247500

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (HRSI1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.