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State Summary

Level Legend: Running Below Minimum Recommended Flow Above Maximum Recommended Flow Unknown
Descriptions of reaches with River Name in bold have been verified by a regional StreamTeam member.

State River Name/Section Class Level Rel. Level Updated
MT Bear Creek— Trailside/Bitterroots V
MT Beaverhead— Clark Canyon Dam to Dillon I-III ice? cfs   12/4 21:15
MT Belt Creek— Monarch to Riceville II-III
MT Belt Creek— Sec 15 to Monarch II-III
MT Big Hole— Divide Bridge to Beaverhead R. II ice? ft   12/5 0:30
MT Big Timber Creek— near Half Moon Campground V
MT Blackfoot— Hwy 141 Bridge to Scotty Brown Bridge II 3.92 ft   12/4 21:30
MT Blackfoot— Scotty Brown Bridge to Johnsrud Park II-III 764 cfs   med 12/4 23:45
MT Blackfoot, North Fork— Wilderness Boundary to Blackfoot R. I-III 2.73 ft   12/5 0:00  
MT Boulder— 1. Fourmile to Speculator Creek (Hells Canyon) III-V 141 cfs   12/4 23:15
MT Boulder— 2. Speculator Creek to Chippy Park Campground III-IV 2.40 ft   12/4 23:15
MT Boulder— 3. Chippy Park Campground to Boulder Falls II-III 141 cfs   12/4 23:15
MT Boulder— 4. Boulder Falls to highway (Boulder Falls Canyon) V+ 2.40 ft   12/4 23:15
MT Boulder— 5. McLeod to Hwy. bridge III 141 cfs   12/4 23:15
MT Boulder (Jefferson R. tributary)— Bison Creek to Jefferson R. II 30 cfs   12/4 21:15
MT Boulder, East— Headwaters to Boulder R. I-II
MT Boulder, South— Upper South Fork V
MT Boulder, West— above the campground IV-V 2.40 ft   low 12/4 23:15
MT Boulder, West— Gallatin Nat. Forest boundary to Boulder R. II-III
MT Clark Fork— 1. Missoula Town Run II 3,220 cfs   med 12/5 0:00
MT Clark Fork— 2. Alberton Put In to Fish Creek III-IV 4,510 cfs   med 12/4 22:00
MT Clark Fork— 3. Fish Creek to Forest Grove I-IV 4,510 cfs   med 12/4 22:00
MT Clarks Fork Yellowstone— Trailhead to State line IV 292 cfs   12/4 21:45
MT Dearborn— 1) Upper (carry-up 4miles from end of Dearborn Canyon Road) III-V(V+) 88 cfs   low 12/5 0:15
MT Dearborn— 2) Falls Creek to Hwy 200 Bridge II-III
MT Dearborn— 3) Dearborn Canyon Road Bridge to Hwy 287 Bridge I-II 88 cfs   12/5 0:15
MT Dearborn— 4) Hwy 287 Bridge to Missouri R. II-III
MT Elk Creek— Near Heron II-III  
MT Falls Creek— unknown V
MT Falls Creek (Dearborn Trib)— (hike up) 2 miles above Dearborn to Dearborn III-V(V+) 88 cfs   low 12/5 0:15
MT Fish Creek— N Fork Fish Creek to Clark Fork R. III-IV
MT Flathead— Kerr Dam to County Road Bridge II-III ice? cfs   9/13 18:45
MT Flathead, Middle Fork— 1. Schafer Meadows to Bear Creek I-IV 743 cfs   12/4 23:45
MT Flathead, Middle Fork— 2. Bear Creek to Moccasin Creek II+ 743 cfs   low 12/4 23:45
MT Flathead, Middle Fork— 3. Moccasin Creek to West Glacier III 743 cfs   low 12/4 23:45
MT Flathead, Middle Fork— 4. West Glacier to Blankenship Bridge II 743 cfs   low 12/4 23:45
MT Flathead, North Fork— 1. Canadian Border to Blankenship Bridge I-II+(III) 602 cfs   low 12/4 23:45
MT Flathead, North Fork— 2. Big Creek to Glacier Rim II(III) 602 cfs   low 12/4 23:45
MT Flathead, South Fork— 1. Big Prairie to Mid Creek II+ ice? ft   12/4 23:45
MT Flathead, South Fork— 2. Mid Creek to Cedar Flats IV(V+)
MT Flathead, South Fork— 3. Cedar Flats to Spotted Bear II ice? cfs   12/4 23:45
MT Gallatin— 1. Yellowstone Nat. Park to W. Fork Gallatin I-II 270 cfs   12/4 21:45
MT Gallatin— 2. W. Fork Gallatin to Greek Creek II-III 1.24 ft   12/4 21:45
MT Gallatin— 3. Greek Creek to Spanish Creek II-IV 270 cfs   12/4 21:45
MT Gallatin, West Fork— Ouzel Falls to .75 miles downstream IV-V(V+)
MT Grave Creek— Foundation Creek to Tobacco R. II
MT Hyalite Creek— Roadside IV-V
MT Hyalite Creek— The Upper IV-V
MT Judith— Danvers Bridge to Anderson Bridge II-III ice? ft   12/4 21:45
MT Jungle Creek— From the road V+
MT Kootenai— Libby to Troy I-IV 18,800 cfs   12/5 0:00
MT Kootenai Creek— trailside IV-V 252 cfs   low 12/4 21:45
MT Lake Creek— (unknown location) V+ 12/5 2:15
mt Lake Creek— Dam to Troy V+
MT Logan Creek— 1. Upper IV-V  
MT Logan Creek— 2. Lower II-III
MT Madison— 1) Hebgen Res to Quake Lake II-III 1.46 ft   12/4 23:00
MT Madison— 2) Quake Lake to 1.5 miles downstream IV-V 1.46 ft   low 12/4 23:00
MT Madison— 3) Beartrap Canyon: Madison Dam to Route 84 I-IV 2.07 ft   12/4 23:45
MT Mill Creek— along Mill Creek Road into Frenchtown V
MT Missouri— Great Falls II(V)
MT Mulherin Creek— Yellowstone NP to Yellowstone R. II-III
mt Prospect Creek— Clear Creek to Clark Fork III-IV+
MT Rock Creek (Carbon County)— Lake Fork to Red Lodge II-IV 5.85 ft   12/4 22:15
MT Rock Creek (Missoula County)— Middle & West Fork confluence to Clark Fork R. II-III 369 cfs   12/4 21:15
MT Rosebud Creek— East & West Fork Rosebud to Stillwater R. II-III
MT Rosebud Creek, East— Lake to Sand Dunes Campground IV-V
MT Rosebud Creek, West— Emerald Lake to Pine Grove Campground III-IV+(V) 76 cfs   low 12/4 23:30
MT Smith— Camp Baker to Eden Bridge I-III 3.19 ft   12/4 22:00
MT Stillwater— 0. Upper Stillwater Lake to Lower Stillwater Lake III-IV
MT Stillwater— 1. Woodbine Campground to below Chrome Mine I-V 316 cfs   low 12/4 21:30
MT Stillwater— 2. Buffalo Jump public access to Cliff Swallow public access I-III 1.83 ft   low 12/4 21:30
MT Stillwater— 3. Cliff Swallow public access to Whitebird public access II 1.83 ft   low 12/4 21:30
MT Stillwater— 4. Whitebird public acess to Fireman's Point public access III 1.83 ft   low 12/4 21:30
MT Stillwater, West— West Stillwater IV-V
MT Sunday Creek— Headwaters to Stillwater R. III-IV
MT Swan— Bigfork Dam to Flathead R. III-IV 687 cfs   low 12/4 22:45
MT Tenderfoot Creek— S. Fork Tenderfoot to Smith R. II
mt Thompson River— To Clark Fork Confluence I-III
MT Trout Creek— Canyon Section V 53 cfs   low 12/4 22:15
MT Two Medicine— Forest Service Boundary to Sullivan Bridge II-III ice? ft   11/3 10:15
MT Two Medicine— north of East Glacier to the east glacier bridge II-III(V) ice? cfs   11/3 10:15
MT Vermilion— Headwaters to Clark Fork R. IV
MT Yaak— 1. Spread Creek to Yaak Falls II-III 127 cfs   12/4 21:15
MT Yaak— 2. Yaak Falls to Kootenai R. IV-V 3.05 ft   low 12/4 21:15
MT Yellowstone— 1. Gardiner to Miner (Yankee Jim Canyon) I-III 910 cfs   12/4 21:15
MT Yellowstone— 2. Boulder R. to Clarks Fork Yellowstone R. I-III
MT Yellowstone— 3. Clarks Fork Yellowstone R. to Billings, MT II 2,950 cfs   12/5 0:15