Orofino Creek near Orofino
Highest listed crest 9.77 ftFlood stage 7.5 ft4 crests since 1982
The Orofino Creek near Orofino crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 4 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1982 to 2025. The highest, 9.77 ft on February 9, 1996, was major flooding, 2.27 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 9.77 ft
- February 9, 1996; 6,450 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 7.5 ft
- Major flooding from 9.5 ft
- Crests at major
- 1
- 19th of 78 gauges in Idaho
- Most recent flood crest
- February 2, 2003
- 8.23 ft, minor flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 6.0 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 7.5 | 2 | Feb 2, 2003 |
| Moderate flood stage | 8.5 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 9.5 | 1 | Feb 9, 1996 |
Every listed crest
4 crests from 1982 to 2025. 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
| 1 | Feb 9, 1996 | 9.77 | +2.27 | Major |
| 2 | Feb 2, 2003 | 8.23 | +0.73 | Minor |
| 3 | Feb 21, 1982 | 7.50 | 0.00 | Minor |
| 4 | Dec 12, 2025 | 5.39 | −2.11 | Below flood stage |
Other gauges in Clearwater County
| Orofino | 21.10 ft, May 29, 1948 | 2 |
Clearwater County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Idaho
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OROI1, 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.