USGS Streamgage 13345000
Palouse River near Potlatch, ID
Palouse River near Potlatch, ID is USGS streamgage 13345000 in Idaho, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 17060108. It drains a watershed of about 317 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1914. Typical flow runs near 21.3 cfs in July and 488.7 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Idaho
- Drainage area
- 317 sq mi
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 17060108
- Coordinates
- 46.91528, -116.95111
- USGS site number
- 13345000
- Records begin
- 1914-10-24 (112 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 111 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1 | 140.8 | 929.1 | |
| February | 71 | 291.4 | 1,338.3 | |
| March | 143.6 | 581.9 | 1,646.5 | |
| April | 183 | 488.7 | 1,492 | |
| May | 64.5 | 204.2 | 745.7 | |
| June | 27.7 | 67.7 | 253.7 | |
| July | 7.2 | 21.3 | 47.5 | |
| August | 2.3 | 8.4 | 19.9 | |
| September | 2.7 | 7.6 | 18.5 | |
| October | 5.6 | 12.4 | 33.2 | |
| November | 11.7 | 30.1 | 113.7 | |
| December | 17.2 | 54.9 | 393.4 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).