Snake River near Irwin, ID

River level and flood forecast · Bonneville County

Normal6.0 ftas of Mon 9:30 PM

Forecast to hold near 6.0 ft through Mon, Oct 19, 6 PM.

Flow: 3,600 cubic feet per second (USGS).

The last 7 days and the forecast

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NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 1:08 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

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Flood stages

Action stage11 ft
Record crest (June 20, 1997)15.25 ft

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

  • 11 ftFields aand low-lying areas near the river from Palisades Dam downstream to near Table Rock Canyon area may experience seep and ponding.

Highest crests on record

  1. 15.25 ft — June 20, 1997
  2. 15.01 ft — June 19, 1997
  3. 13.31 ft — June 4, 1956
  4. 13.18 ft — June 28, 1954
  5. 12.69 ft — May 29, 1951

Recent crests: 8.96 ft (January 14, 2022) · 10.02 ft (July 22, 2021) · 11 ft (June 5, 2020) · 10.43 ft (April 26, 2019) · 11.5 ft (June 18, 2018)

Up and down the river, and nearby

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (PALI1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.