Boise River at Glenwood Bridge Nr Boise ID
Ada County, Idaho · USGS 13206000
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Boise River at its USGS monitoring location in Ada County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 31 minutes ago
Observed
How to read these numbers
How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.
The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.
How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.
The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.
Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.
Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.
Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.
Above historical median · Rising
Streamflow is currently 618 ft³/s, 19% above the historical median for this date. Flow has risen 26 CFS over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 518 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 25 · dates shown in UTC · 29 observations
Look at the data (29 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 734 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 720 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 721 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 739 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 724 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 708 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 728 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 725 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 696 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 672 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 675 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 629 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 608 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 617 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 625 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 640 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 630 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 636 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 635 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 626 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 619 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 600 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 595 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 593 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 604 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 608 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 589 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 591 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 588 CFS |
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