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Columbia River above Grand Coulee Dam Forebay Elevation (ft)Observed: 1264.6 ft at 5:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 1264.6 ft at 6:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 1264.7 ft at 7:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 1264.7 ft at 8:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 1264.8 ft at 9:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 1264.8 ft at 10:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 1264.9 ft at 11:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 1264.9 ft at 12:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 1265 ft at 1:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 1265 ft at 2:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 1265.1 ft at 3:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 1265.1 ft at 4:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 1265.2 ft at 5:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 1265.3 ft at 6:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 1265.3 ft at 7:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 1265.4 ft at 8:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 1265.4 ft at 9:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 1265.5 ft at 10:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 1265.5 ft at 11:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 1265.6 ft at 12:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 1265.6 ft at 1:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 1265.7 ft at 2:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 1265.8 ft at 3:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 1265.9 ft at 4:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 1265.9 ft at 5:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266 ft at 6:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266 ft at 7:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266.2 ft at 9:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266.2 ft at 10:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266.2 ft at 11:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266.4 ft at 12:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266.4 ft at 1:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266.4 ft at 2:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266.5 ft at 3:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266.5 ft at 4:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266.6 ft at 5:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266.7 ft at 6:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266.7 ft at 7:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266.8 ft at 8:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266.8 ft at 9:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266.9 ft at 10:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 1266.9 ft at 11:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 1267 ft at 12:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267 ft at 1:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267 ft at 2:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.1 ft at 3:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.1 ft at 4:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.1 ft at 5:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.2 ft at 6:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.2 ft at 7:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.2 ft at 8:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.2 ft at 9:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.3 ft at 10:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.3 ft at 11:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.3 ft at 12:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.3 ft at 1:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.4 ft at 2:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.4 ft at 3:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.5 ft at 4:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.5 ft at 5:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.5 ft at 6:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.5 ft at 7:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.5 ft at 8:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.6 ft at 9:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.6 ft at 10:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.7 ft at 11:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 1267.7 ft at 12:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 1267.7 ft at 1:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 1267.7 ft at 2:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 1267.7 ft at 3:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 1267.8 ft at 4:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 1267.8 ft at 5:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 1267.9 ft at 6:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 1267.9 ft at 7:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268 ft at 8:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268.1 ft at 9:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268.1 ft at 10:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268.1 ft at 11:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268.1 ft at 12:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268.2 ft at 1:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268.2 ft at 2:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268.2 ft at 3:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268.3 ft at 4:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268.4 ft at 5:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268.4 ft at 6:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268.5 ft at 7:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268.5 ft at 8:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268.5 ft at 9:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268.6 ft at 10:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268.65 ft at 11:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 1268.7 ft at 12:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 1268.7 ft at 1:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 1268.7 ft at 2:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 1268.8 ft at 3:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 1268.8 ft at 4:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 1268.9 ft at 5:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269 ft at 6:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269 ft at 7:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269 ft at 8:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269 ft at 9:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269 ft at 10:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269 ft at 11:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269.1 ft at 12:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269 ft at 1:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269 ft at 2:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 1268.9 ft at 3:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269 ft at 4:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269.1 ft at 5:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269.1 ft at 6:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269.2 ft at 7:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269.2 ft at 8:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269.2 ft at 9:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269.2 ft at 10:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269.2 ft at 11:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 1269.1 ft at 12:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.2 ft at 1:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.2 ft at 2:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.3 ft at 3:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.2 ft at 4:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.2 ft at 5:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.2 ft at 6:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.2 ft at 7:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.2 ft at 8:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.3 ft at 9:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.3 ft at 10:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.3 ft at 11:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.3 ft at 12:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.4 ft at 1:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.4 ft at 2:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.5 ft at 3:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.5 ft at 4:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.5 ft at 5:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.6 ft at 6:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.7 ft at 7:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.7 ft at 8:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.8 ft at 9:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.8 ft at 10:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 1269.95 ft at 11:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 1270 ft at 12:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270 ft at 1:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270.1 ft at 2:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270.2 ft at 3:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270.2 ft at 4:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270.3 ft at 5:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270.4 ft at 6:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270.4 ft at 7:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270.5 ft at 8:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270.5 ft at 9:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270.6 ft at 10:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270.6 ft at 11:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270.7 ft at 12:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270.8 ft at 1:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270.9 ft at 2:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270.9 ft at 3:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 1271 ft at 4:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270.9 ft at 5:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 1270.9 ft at 6:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 1271 ft at 7:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 1271.2 ft at 8:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 1271.2 ft at 9:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 1271.2 ft at 10:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 1271.25 ft at 11:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 1271.3 ft at 12:00AM May 24, 2013Observed: 1271.3 ft at 1:00AM May 24, 2013Highest Observation: 1271.4 ft at 2:00AM May 24, 2013Forecast: 1271.56 ft 5:00AM May 24, 2013Forecast: 1271.92 ft 11:00AM May 24, 2013Forecast: 1272.24 ft 5:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 1272.64 ft 11:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 1272.97 ft 5:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 1273.29 ft 11:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 1273.59 ft 5:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 1273.92 ft 11:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 1274.21 ft 5:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 1274.51 ft 11:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 1274.8 ft 5:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 1275.1 ft 11:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 1275.39 ft 5:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 1275.69 ft 11:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 1275.98 ft 5:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 1276.25 ft 11:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: 1276.51 ft 5:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 1276.71 ft 11:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: 1276.94 ft 5:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 1277.13 ft 11:00PM May 28, 2013Forecast: 1277.33 ft 5:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 1277.53 ft 11:00AM May 29, 2013Forecast: 1277.72 ft 5:00PM May 29, 2013Forecast: 1277.92 ft 11:00PM May 29, 2013Forecast: 1278.08 ft 5:00AM May 30, 2013Forecast: 1278.28 ft 11:00AM May 30, 2013Forecast: 1278.48 ft 5:00PM May 30, 2013Forecast: 1278.64 ft 11:00PM May 30, 2013Forecast: 1278.84 ft 5:00AM May 31, 2013Forecast: 1279.04 ft 11:00AM May 31, 2013Forecast: 1279.2 ft 5:00PM May 31, 2013Forecast: 1279.4 ft 11:00PM May 31, 2013Forecast: 1279.56 ft 5:00AM Jun 01, 2013Forecast: 1279.72 ft 11:00AM Jun 01, 2013Forecast: 1279.92 ft 5:00PM Jun 01, 2013Highest Forecast: 1280.12 ft 11:00PM Jun 01, 2013USBR--Pacific Northwest RegionGCDW1(plotting HFIRX) Graph Created (4:51AM May 24, 2013)ObservedForecast (issued 12:33PM May 23)Latest observed value: 1271.4 ft at 2:00 AM PDT 24-May-2013.
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Historical Crests
(1) 1,290.36 ft on 08/06/1976
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1208 Keller Ferry will not be running below this elevation
1222 Spring Canyon minimum boat launch elevation
1227 Seven Bays minimum boat launch elevation
1229 Keller Ferry minimum boat launch elevation
1230 Giffort-Inchelium Ferry will not be running below this elevation
1230 Hunters Camp minimum boat launch elevation
1234 Kettle Falls minimum boat launch elevation
1243 Porcupine Bay minimum boat launch elevation
1245 Lincoln Mill boat launch minimum elevation
1247 Fort Spokane minimum boat launch elevation
1249 Gifford minimum boat launch elevation
1251 Bradbury Beach minimum boat launch elevation
1253 Hansen Harbor boat launch minimum elevation
1265 Crescent Bay Campground, French Rocks, & Daisy boat launch minimum elevation
1266 Jones Bay boat launch minimum elevation
1277 Snag Cove & China Bend minimum boat launch elevation
1280 Evans, North Gorge, & Napoleon Bridge minimum boat launch elevation
1281 Hawk Creek & Marcus Island boat launch minimum elevation
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Latitude: 47.955556° N, Longitude: 118.983889° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft Not Available Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other 0 ft 0 ft  

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WSDOT Keller Ferry information http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Regions/Eastern/KellerFerry Bureau of Rec Lake Level website http://www.usbr.gov/pn/grandcoulee/lakelevel/index.html National Park Service boat ramp information http://www.nps.gov/laro/planyourvisit/boating.htm#CP_JUMP_61961
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