About this river
Panther Creek is an 11.4 mile river near Salmon River Adventure Company in Idaho. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Panther Creek at Cobalt, ID (site 13306370). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2012 to 2026
Panther Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 305 cfs, and lowest in January, at 26 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,200 cfs, in 2017.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26 | 23 to 29 | |
| February | 26 | 23 to 30 | |
| March | 32 | 27 to 44 | |
| April | 85 | 55 to 120 | |
| May | 305 | 221 to 519 | |
| June | 171 | 138 to 296 | |
| July | 75 | 56 to 97 | |
| August | 43 | 35 to 54 | |
| September | 35 | 31 to 43 | |
| October | 35 | 31 to 42 | |
| November | 32 | 29 to 36 | |
| December | 27 | 24 to 31 |
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 14 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Panther Creek at Cobalt, ID (site 13306370). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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