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Shaded-relief map of Elk River, Idaho: rivers, roads, the city limits and where the water drains.
IDAHO · CLEARWATER COUNTY

Elk River

144 people, 2,890 ft above sea level in Clearwater County.

2,890 ftElevation, city center
144People, 2024 estimate
0 sq miLand area
Sunny 49°
Sunny now Dew point 42° · ESE 5 mph · high 41°
City of Elk River River Interstate 2 miles
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The Elk River plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Elk River

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 3:00 PM PST
RIGHT NOW Pullman / Moscow Regional Airport (KPUW) · 3:53 PM
Sunny
49° Sunny Feels like 47° · high of 41° near 4 PM
WindESE 5 mphno gusts
Humidity77%rising to 96% by morning
Pressure29.86 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 42° · Dry33° by Tuesday: drier air arrives
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Mostly cloudy
Tomorrow, around noonin about 19 hours · 72% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT0.2–0.6 inmost likely 0.5; 1 in 10 over 0.9
LAST RAINNov. 110.22 in · 3 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Clearwater County
NWS Missoula and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 4:45 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:46 AM4:12 PM ↓
9 h 26 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
11
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
Tomorrow: 32, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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CHANCE OF RAIN
72% · 0.19 in Sunday evening 50%
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 33 to 39°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 45° / 30°
SAT Nov. 14 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
41° 37°
0% rain — E 4 A
SUN Nov. 15 Showers likely Showers likely
42° 38°
70% rain 0.2–0.6″ E 3 C
MON Nov. 16 Showers likely Showers likely
40° 33°
70% rain up to 0.2″ S 1 B
TUE Nov. 17 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
37° 29°
10% rain — W 1 B
WED Nov. 18 Chance of showers Chance of showers
39° 32°
30% rain — ESE 2 B
THU Nov. 19 Chance of showers Chance of showers
38° 32°
30% rain up to 0.07″ NNE 1 C
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
36° 30°
20% rain — WSW 1 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Elk River about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Pacific off the Northwest three days ago, and over the Pacific Northwest a day ago, about 1,110 miles back along its path. It came down from about 12,700 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from the Pacific Northwest; at 10,000 feet, from the Pacific north of Hawaii. It feels dry all the same. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Elk River stands on

Elk River’s center stands about 2,890 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 2,800 ft to 4,370 ft, a difference of 1,570 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Elk Butte, about 5,810 ft, 5 miles northeast.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Ravalli Group (quartzite), from the Mesoproterozoic, 1 to 1.6 billion years old.

The section below crosses 10 rock units mapped at the surface.

Elk River, cut in half from southwest to northeast

A section southwest to northeast, 24 miles through the town center
2,000 ft3,000 ft4,000 ft5,000 ft ELK RIVER2,890 ftLow point1,560 ftLong Meadow Creekabout 1,790 ftWindy Point5,610 ft ← SWNE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 5×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Piegan Group

Metasiltstone, quartzite. Age: Mesoproterozoic, 1 to 1.6 billion years old. About 4 mi of the line.

Sedimentary rocks associated with flood basalts

Mixed-clastic. Age: Early Miocene to Late Miocene, 8 to 17 million years old. About 4 mi of the line.

Windermere Supergroup

Age: Neoproterozoic to Cambrian, 487 to 1,000 million years old. About 3 mi of the line.

Challis intrusive rocks

Granodiorite, quartz-monzodiorite, granite. Age: Early Eocene to Middle Eocene, 43 to 49 million years old. About 3 mi of the line.

Gneissic and schistose metasedimentary rocks

Paragneiss, biotite-schist. Age: Mesoproterozoic, 1 to 1.6 billion years old. About 2 mi of the line.

Lower Missoula Group

Metasiltstone, argillite. Age: Mesoproterozoic, 1 to 1.6 billion years old. About 2 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale. 4 smaller units along the line are not listed.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Elk River’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Elk River reaches the Pacific Ocean by way of Elk Creek, the Clearwater, the Snake and the Columbia: about 530 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Elk River≈ 530 mi · the Pacific Ocean
FROM THE CENTER OF ELK RIVER ≈ 530 mi to the Pacific Ocean Elk Creek → Clearwater → Snake → Columbia

Lakes on the way: Dworshak Reservoir and Lake Umatilla.

210 miles of the trip are on the Columbia.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Elk River; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Elk River on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Moscow ID · 39 MI 39 miles west Spokane Valley WA · 78 MI 78 miles northwest Spokane WA · 85 MI 85 miles northwest Pasco WA · 144 MI 144 miles west Kennewick WA · 148 MI 148 miles west
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IDAHO · CLEARWATER

Elk River

144 people, 2,890 ft above sea level in Clearwater County.

2,890 ftElevation
144People
0 sq miLand
Sunny 49°
SunnyDew point 42°
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Today in Elk River

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now partly cloudy night 41° 1%
7p partly cloudy night 39° 1%
10p partly cloudy night 39° 2%
1a partly cloudy night 38° 1%
4a mostly clear night 38° 2%
7a partly cloudy day 37° 5%
Mostly cloudy
NEXT RAINTomorrow around noon · 72%
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Sat0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
37
41
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Sun70%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Mon70%
Showers likely Showers likely
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Tue10%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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Wed30%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Thu30%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Fri20%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Elk River stands on

Elk River’s center stands about 2,890 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 2,800 ft to 4,370 ft, a difference of 1,570 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Elk Butte, about 5,810 ft, 5 miles northeast.

Elk River, southwest to northeast Elk River2,890 ftLong Meadow Creekabout 1,790 ft ← SWNE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 10×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center2,890 ft
Within 3 miles2,800 to 4,370 ft
Lie of the landSteep hill country (1,570 ft of relief)
High point nearbyElk Butte, 5,810 ft, 5 mi northeast
Rock at the surfaceRavalli Group
Its ageMesoproterozoic, 1 to 1.6 billion years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 530 mito the Pacific OceanElk Creek → Clearwater → Snake → Columbia

A raindrop that lands in Elk River reaches the Pacific Ocean by way of Elk Creek, the Clearwater, the Snake and the Columbia: about 530 river miles.

Lakes on the way: Dworshak Reservoir and Lake Umatilla.

210 miles of the trip are on the Columbia.