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WIND RIVER

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April 17, 2025


Red Flag Warning
2025-04-17T19:00:00-06:00

The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 10 AM to 7 PM MDT Thursday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 214, 216, 241, 246 and 247. * TIMING...From 10 AM to 7 PM MDT Thursday. * WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 to 14 percent, lowest in southern Lincoln County. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be favorable for rapid fire spread. Avoid outdoor burning and any activity that may produce a spark and start a wildfire.


Total streamflow across the Wind River was last observed at 1,501 cfs, and is expected to yield approximately 2,978 acre-ft of water today; about 94% of normal. Average streamflow for this time of year is 1,592 cfs, with recent peaks last observed on 2017-06-08 when daily discharge volume was observed at 44,440 cfs.

Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the Wind River Near Crowheart reporting a streamflow rate of 1,630 cfs. This is also the highest stage along the Wind River, with a gauge stage of 6.60 ft at this location. This river is monitored from 7 different streamgauging stations along the Wind River, the highest being situated at an altitude of 7,204 ft, the Wind River Near Dubois.

Last Updated 2025-04-16
Discharge Volume 2,978 ACRE-FT
Streamflow 1,501.2 cfs
+93.1 cfs (+6.61%)
Percent of Normal 94.27%
Maximum 44,440.0 cfs
2017-06-08
Seasonal Avg 1,592 cfs
       
River Streamflow Levels
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Seasonal Discharge Comparison
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Maximum Streamflow Discharge
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Wind River is a 2017 neo-Western murder mystery film written and directed by Taylor Sheridan. The film stars Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tracker and an FBI agent, respectively, who try to solve a murder on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Gil Birmingham, Jon Bernthal and Graham Greene also star. According to Sheridan, the opening "inspired by true events" card was a reference to the "thousands of actual stories just like it" involving sexual assault of women on reservations, his primary motivation for writing the film.Wind River premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was released in the United States on August 4, 2017. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $45 million against an $11 million budget. While theatrically released by The Weinstein Company, in October 2017, following the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations, the film's distribution rights for home media were acquired by Lionsgate, with Weinstein's credits and logo being omitted on home media and streaming services, which caused TWC to lose distribution rights.