Idaho Rivers and Streams

210 Idaho rivers, forks and creeks with IDFG game fish, USGS flow, launches and the steelhead and salmon notes IDFG prints.

Photo of Big Lost River: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Idaho rivers, forks and creeks with a USGS gauge, a launch or an IDFG water page, A to Z.

A

  • Alder Creek8 mi
  • American River22 mi
  • Antelope Creek31 mi

B

  • Baker Creek11 mi
  • Bear Creek4 mi
  • Bear River328 mi
  • Bear Valley Creek33 mi
  • Big Elk Creek11 mi
  • Big Jacks Creek60 mi
  • Big Lost River135 mi
  • Big Smoky Creek22 mi
  • Big Timber Creek23 mi
  • Big Wood River137 mi
  • Billingsley Creek8 mi
  • Birch Creek46 mi
  • Blackfoot River133 mi
  • Boise River
  • Boise River, Eagle Island South Channel7 mi
  • Boundary Creek22 mi
  • Breakfast Creek11 mi
  • Bruneau River153 mi
  • Brushy Fork20 mi
  • Brushy Fork Creek8 mi

C

  • Camas Creek (Blaine County)67 mi
  • Camas Creek (Clark County)63 mi
  • Cassia Creek29 mi
  • Clark Fork River98 mi
  • Clearwater River75 mi
  • Cocolalla Creek27 mi
  • Coeur d'Alene River38 mi
  • Cottonwood Creek9 mi
  • Cove Creek4 mi
  • Cow Creek3 mi
  • Crane Creek (Bannock County)3 mi
  • Crane Creek (Washington County)18 mi
  • Crooked Creek22 mi
  • Crooked Fork23 mi
  • Crooked River (Boise County)30 mi
  • Crooked River (Idaho County)13 mi
  • Cub River38 mi

D

  • Deadwood River49 mi
  • Deep Creek40 mi
  • Deer Creek7 mi
  • Diamond Creek23 mi
  • Dry Creek4 mi
  • Dry Fork Creek22 mi

E

  • East Fork Big Lost River28 mi
  • East Fork Jarbidge River25 mi
  • East Fork Moose Creek35 mi
  • East Fork Potlatch River22 mi
  • East Fork Rock Creek12 mi
  • East Fork Salmon River37 mi
  • East Fork South Fork Salmon River33 mi
  • East Fork Weiser River16 mi
  • East Fork Wood River19 mi
  • Eightmile Creek16 mi
  • Elk Creek30 mi

F

  • Fall Creek4 mi
  • Falls River64 mi
  • Fifteenmile Creek4 mi
  • Fox Creek17 mi

G

  • Georgetown Creek4 mi
  • Giraffe Creek11 mi
  • Gold Creek6 mi
  • Gold Fork River16 mi
  • Goose Creek119 mi
  • Grande Ronde River205 mi
  • Grimes Creek43 mi
  • Grove Creek5 mi

H

  • Hayden Creek21 mi
  • Henrys Fork Snake River112 mi
  • Hoodoo Creek18 mi

J

  • Jarbidge River52 mi
  • Johnson Creek1 mi
  • Jordan Creek99 mi

K

  • Kelly Creek26 mi
  • Kootenai River480 mi

L

  • Lake Fork29 mi
  • Lapwai Creek33 mi
  • Lawyer Creek45 mi
  • Lemhi River61 mi
  • Lightning Creek (Bonner County)26 mi
  • Lightning Creek (Idaho County)3 mi
  • Lime Creek (Elmore County)12 mi
  • Lime Creek (Lemhi County)3 mi
  • Little Lost River49 mi
  • Little Malad River29 mi
  • Little North Fork Clearwater River46 mi
  • Little North Fork Coeur d'Alene River39 mi
  • Little Salmon River52 mi
  • Little Smoky Creek22 mi
  • Little Weiser River46 mi
  • Little Wood River130 mi
  • Lochsa River69 mi
  • Logan River54 mi
  • Loon Creek35 mi
  • Loving Creek5 mi
  • Lower Cedar Creek8 mi
  • Lower West Branch Priest River26 mi

M

  • Malad River (Elmore County)12 mi
  • Malad River (Gooding County)12 mi
  • Malad River (Oneida County)95 mi
  • Malheur River186 mi
  • Marble Creek26 mi
  • Marsh Creek56 mi
  • Mason Creek18 mi
  • McTucker Creek4 mi
  • Medicine Lodge Creek43 mi
  • Middle Fork Boise River52 mi
  • Middle Fork Clearwater River23 mi
  • Middle Fork Owyhee River24 mi
  • Middle Fork Payette River48 mi
  • Middle Fork Salmon River106 mi
  • Middle Fork Weiser River27 mi
  • Mill Creek3 mi
  • Mink Creek13 mi
  • Montpelier Creek22 mi
  • Mores Creek40 mi
  • Moyie River92 mi

N

  • Napias Creek16 mi
  • Newsome Creek16 mi
  • Niagara Springs0 mi
  • Ninemile Creek5 mi
  • North Fork Big Lost River25 mi
  • North Fork Big Wood River11 mi
  • North Fork Boise River50 mi
  • North Fork Clearwater River135 mi
  • North Fork Coeur d'Alene River77 mi
  • North Fork Moose Creek21 mi
  • North Fork Owyhee River33 mi
  • North Fork Payette River106 mi
  • North Fork Saint Joe River21 mi
  • North Fork Salmon Falls Creek24 mi
  • North Fork Salmon River25 mi

O

  • Orofino Creek41 mi
  • Owyhee River161 mi

P

  • Pack River51 mi
  • Pahsimeroi River58 mi
  • Palisades Creek12 mi
  • Palouse River166 mi
  • Panther Creek48 mi
  • Paradise Creek20 mi
  • Payette River75 mi
  • Pebble Creek10 mi
  • Pend Oreille River139 mi
  • Portneuf River117 mi
  • Potlatch River57 mi
  • Preuss Creek13 mi
  • Priest River66 mi

Q

  • Quartz Creek7 mi

R

  • Raft River108 mi
  • Rapid River23 mi
  • Red River30 mi
  • Rock Creek43 mi
  • Ross Fork Snake River47 mi
  • Round Prairie Creek11 mi

S

  • Saint Charles Creek9 mi
  • Saint Joe River145 mi
  • Saint Maries River46 mi
  • Salmon Falls Creek121 mi
  • Salmon River425 mi
  • Salt River83 mi
  • Sand Creek (Bingham County)35 mi
  • Sand Creek (Fremont County)19 mi
  • Scott Creek8 mi
  • Secesh River29 mi
  • Second Fork Chief Eagle Eye Creek12 mi
  • Selway River100 mi
  • Silver Creek26 mi
  • Smith Creek20 mi
  • Snake Creek2 mi
  • Snake River
  • South Fork Boise River102 mi
  • South Fork Clearwater River63 mi
  • South Fork Coeur d'Alene River36 mi
  • South Fork Owyhee River36 mi
  • South Fork Palouse River46 mi
  • South Fork Rock Creek34 mi
  • South Fork Salmon River90 mi
  • South Fork Snake River129 mi
  • South Teton River23 mi
  • Spokane River135 mi
  • Spring Creek (Bannock County)16 mi
  • Spring Creek (Bonneville County)2 mi
  • Stalker Creek5 mi
  • Star Hope Creek17 mi
  • Sulphur Creek19 mi

T

  • Teton Creek19 mi
  • Teton River82 mi
  • Third Fork Chief Eagle Eye Creek11 mi
  • Thomas Fork Bear River31 mi
  • Thompson Creek13 mi
  • Thousand Springs Creek13 mi
  • Toponce Creek9 mi
  • Trail Creek (Adams County)3 mi
  • Trail Creek (Blaine County)22 mi
  • Trail Creek (Teton County)20 mi
  • Trapper Creek20 mi
  • Trinity Creek12 mi

U

  • Upper Priest River30 mi
  • Upper West Branch Priest River24 mi

V

  • Valley Creek28 mi
  • Vinegar Creek1 mi

W

  • Waddington Creek2 mi
  • Warm River36 mi
  • Warm Springs Creek11 mi
  • Weiser River103 mi
  • Wildhorse Creek15 mi
  • Willow Creek75 mi

Y

  • Yankee Fork Salmon River30 mi
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Photos

Idaho water photographed for Idaho Rivers and Streams

Owyhee River, Idaho
Owyhee River
Photo: mypubliclands, CC BY 2.0
Redfish Lake, Idaho
Redfish Lake
Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ada County, Idaho
Ada County
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0
Twin Falls County, Idaho
Twin Falls County
Photo: Eric Fredericks, CC BY-SA 2.0
Answers

The Idaho rivers list, explained

How many Idaho streams have a page?

210 rivers, forks and creeks with a USGS gauge, a launch, an IDFG water page or a Planner recommendation.

Which ones does IDFG recommend?

122 carry the Planner recommended-water flag.

How many show live flow?

73 stream pages carry one or more USGS gauges.

Which print special rules?

156 stream pages quote the rule lines on their IDFG Planner page.

Are steelhead and salmon rivers marked?

27 pages note steelhead or salmon from the game fish or rule lines IDFG prints; season dates come from separate Commission proclamations and are not printed here.

Why are the Snake and Boise pages built from sections?

IDFG lists both rivers as named reaches between dams; 6 pages gather their reaches under one river.

How long is each river?

The miles column is the IDFG Planner stream length; pages built from reaches print no total.

A creek I fish is missing; why?

It needs a gauge, a launch or an IDFG water page first; until then it is a row on its county page.

More from Idaho

Gem State rules, records and directories beside the rivers list