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Idaho
Valley Creek
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What we do know
Inside Sawtooth National Forest
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No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it
25.8 mi run
Flows year-round
200 cfs avg flow
River facts
- Water
- Flows year-round
- Average flow
- 200 cfs
- Average current
- 1.3 ft/s
- Gradient
- 52.1 ft/mi
- Drainage area
- 138 sq mi
Long-term averages modeled by USGS (NHDPlus HR), not today's conditions. Check a gauge before you go.
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Valley Creek
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- Forest Service
About this water
Valley Creek is a 26-mile paddling stretch near Stanley, Idaho. It flows year-round. USGS models an average flow of about 200 cfs and a gradient of about 52.1 feet per mile. Land along it is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
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Camp Perkins
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Garden Valley RV Park
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