Blackfoot River near Blackfoot (Butte Road-Ft. Hall)

Highest listed crest 6.77 ftFlood stage 5.8 ft8 crests since 1976

The Blackfoot River near Blackfoot (Butte Road-Ft. Hall) crested above flood stage 3 times among the 8 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1976 to 2021. The highest, 6.77 ft on June 16, 1997, was minor flooding, 0.97 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 6.77 ft; June 16, 1997
Flood stage: 5.8 ft; No major stage set
Crests at major: 0; 3 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: April 18, 2017; 6.19 ft, minor flooding
Location: Bingham County; Near Blackfoot (7.9 mi), Chubbuck (14.1 mi)
Identifiers: NWS BLFI1; USGS 13068500

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Blackfoot River near Blackfoot (Butte Road-Ft. Hall)

Action stage	5.5	1	Jun 12, 1984	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	5.8	3	Apr 18, 2017	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat

Every listed crest

8 crests from 1976 to 2021. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Blackfoot River near Blackfoot (Butte Road-Ft. Hall)

1	Jun 16, 1997	6.77	+0.97	Minor	—
2	Jun 7, 1976	6.73	+0.93	Minor	—
3	Apr 18, 2017	6.19	+0.39	Minor	614
4	Jun 12, 1984	5.53	−0.27	Action	740
5	May 29, 2019	5.23	−0.57	Below flood stage	458
6	Oct 18, 2020	4.37	−1.43	Below flood stage	332
7	May 16, 2018	4.32	−1.48	Below flood stage	318
8	Oct 19, 2021	3.79	−2.01	Below flood stage	248

Gauges on the Blackfoot River

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Blackfoot River

Blackfoot Res nr Henry	ID	6.5	8.68 ft, May 9, 1976
Shelley (Wolverine Canyon)	ID	8.5	9.10 ft, May 16, 1987
Blackfoot (Butte Road-Ft. Hall) this gauge	ID	5.8	6.77 ft, Jun 16, 1997

Other gauges in Bingham County

Flood gauges in Bingham County

Shelley (Wolverine Canyon)	8.5	9.10 ft, May 16, 1987	0
Blackfoot	10.5	13.55 ft, Jun 17, 1997	1
Blackfoot (Tilden Bridge-Ft. Hall)	11.0	14.80 ft, Jun 18, 1997	0
Shelley	12.5	16.97 ft, Jun 17, 1918	4

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BLFI1, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.