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Corridor Surf Shop & Necessary Goods

Lower Fivemile Drain near Corridor Surf Shop & Necessary Goods

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About this river

Lower Fivemile Drain is a 2.3 mile river near Corridor Surf Shop & Necessary Goods in Idaho. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge South Middleton Drain at Middleton ID (site 13210831). The mapped line runs from 43.6699, -116.5837 to 43.6742, -116.6295. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2017 to 2026

Lower Fivemile Drain typically runs highest in September, at a median 73 cfs, and lowest in December, at 18 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 151 cfs, in 2017.

Typical flow by month at South Middleton Drain at Middleton ID, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January1917 to 22
February2016 to 26
March2015 to 26
April3124 to 44
May4938 to 75
June6744 to 78
July6757 to 83
August6958 to 80
September7361 to 88
October4840 to 61
November1918 to 24
December1815 to 21

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 9 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for South Middleton Drain at Middleton ID (site 13210831). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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