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Lake Pend Oreille at Hope Pool (ft)Observed: 2051.56 ft at 4:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.57 ft at 5:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.57 ft at 6:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.58 ft at 7:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.58 ft at 8:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.59 ft at 9:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.61 ft at 10:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.63 ft at 11:00AM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.63 ft at 12:00PM Mar 12, 2024Highest Observation: 2051.66 ft at 1:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.63 ft at 2:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.62 ft at 3:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.62 ft at 4:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.61 ft at 5:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.62 ft at 6:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.62 ft at 7:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.62 ft at 8:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.61 ft at 9:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.59 ft at 10:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.58 ft at 11:00PM Mar 12, 2024Observed: 2051.58 ft at 12:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.59 ft at 1:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.59 ft at 2:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.58 ft at 3:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.57 ft at 4:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.55 ft at 5:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.55 ft at 6:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.55 ft at 7:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.56 ft at 8:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.56 ft at 9:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.57 ft at 10:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.57 ft at 11:00AM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.58 ft at 12:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.58 ft at 1:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.57 ft at 2:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.57 ft at 3:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.55 ft at 4:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.55 ft at 5:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.54 ft at 6:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.54 ft at 7:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.54 ft at 8:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.53 ft at 9:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.52 ft at 10:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.53 ft at 11:00PM Mar 13, 2024Observed: 2051.53 ft at 12:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.53 ft at 1:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.53 ft at 2:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.52 ft at 3:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.51 ft at 4:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.52 ft at 5:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.54 ft at 6:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.54 ft at 7:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.53 ft at 8:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.53 ft at 9:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.55 ft at 10:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.54 ft at 11:00AM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.54 ft at 12:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.55 ft at 1:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.55 ft at 2:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.53 ft at 3:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.53 ft at 4:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.53 ft at 5:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.51 ft at 6:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.5 ft at 7:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.49 ft at 8:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.48 ft at 9:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.47 ft at 10:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.48 ft at 11:00PM Mar 14, 2024Observed: 2051.48 ft at 12:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.47 ft at 1:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.48 ft at 2:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.49 ft at 3:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.47 ft at 4:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.47 ft at 5:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.45 ft at 6:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.45 ft at 7:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.45 ft at 8:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.48 ft at 9:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.49 ft at 10:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.49 ft at 11:00AM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.49 ft at 12:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.49 ft at 1:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.49 ft at 2:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.49 ft at 3:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.49 ft at 4:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.48 ft at 5:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.47 ft at 6:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.47 ft at 7:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.46 ft at 8:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.47 ft at 9:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.47 ft at 10:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.47 ft at 11:00PM Mar 15, 2024Observed: 2051.47 ft at 12:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.47 ft at 1:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.46 ft at 2:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.45 ft at 3:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.45 ft at 4:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.45 ft at 5:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.45 ft at 6:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.45 ft at 7:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.44 ft at 8:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.44 ft at 9:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.44 ft at 10:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.44 ft at 11:00AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.44 ft at 12:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.43 ft at 1:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.43 ft at 2:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.42 ft at 3:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.42 ft at 4:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.41 ft at 5:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.4 ft at 6:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.39 ft at 7:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.39 ft at 8:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.38 ft at 9:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.38 ft at 10:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.37 ft at 11:00PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 2051.37 ft at 12:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.36 ft at 1:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.36 ft at 2:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.36 ft at 3:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.36 ft at 4:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.35 ft at 5:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.35 ft at 6:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.35 ft at 7:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.34 ft at 8:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.34 ft at 9:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.34 ft at 10:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.34 ft at 11:00AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.34 ft at 12:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.34 ft at 1:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.34 ft at 2:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.34 ft at 3:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.33 ft at 4:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.32 ft at 5:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.32 ft at 6:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.32 ft at 7:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.31 ft at 8:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.32 ft at 9:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.33 ft at 10:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.33 ft at 11:00PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 2051.34 ft at 12:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.35 ft at 1:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.35 ft at 2:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.35 ft at 3:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.34 ft at 4:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.34 ft at 5:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.34 ft at 6:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.35 ft at 7:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.36 ft at 8:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.38 ft at 9:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.39 ft at 10:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.41 ft at 11:00AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.41 ft at 12:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.41 ft at 1:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.4 ft at 2:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.4 ft at 3:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.4 ft at 4:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.4 ft at 5:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.4 ft at 6:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.41 ft at 7:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.41 ft at 8:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.42 ft at 9:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.43 ft at 10:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.44 ft at 11:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 2051.45 ft at 12:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 2051.45 ft at 1:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 2051.46 ft at 2:00AM Mar 19, 2024Forecast: 2051.49 ft 5:00AM Mar 19, 2024Forecast: 2051.49 ft 11:00AM Mar 19, 2024Forecast: 2051.49 ft 5:00PM Mar 19, 2024Forecast: 2051.49 ft 11:00PM Mar 19, 2024Forecast: 2051.49 ft 5:00AM Mar 20, 2024Forecast: 2051.49 ft 11:00AM Mar 20, 2024Forecast: 2051.49 ft 5:00PM Mar 20, 2024Forecast: 2051.49 ft 11:00PM Mar 20, 2024Forecast: 2051.5 ft 5:00AM Mar 21, 2024Forecast: 2051.5 ft 11:00AM Mar 21, 2024Forecast: 2051.5 ft 5:00PM Mar 21, 2024Forecast: 2051.5 ft 11:00PM Mar 21, 2024Forecast: 2051.5 ft 5:00AM Mar 22, 2024Forecast: 2051.5 ft 11:00AM Mar 22, 2024Forecast: 2051.5 ft 5:00PM Mar 22, 2024Forecast: 2051.5 ft 11:00PM Mar 22, 2024Forecast: 2051.51 ft 5:00AM Mar 23, 2024Forecast: 2051.51 ft 11:00AM Mar 23, 2024Forecast: 2051.51 ft 5:00PM Mar 23, 2024Forecast: 2051.51 ft 11:00PM Mar 23, 2024Forecast: 2051.51 ft 5:00AM Mar 24, 2024Forecast: 2051.51 ft 11:00AM Mar 24, 2024Forecast: 2051.51 ft 5:00PM Mar 24, 2024Forecast: 2051.51 ft 11:00PM Mar 24, 2024Highest Forecast: 2051.52 ft 5:00AM Mar 25, 2024Highest Forecast: 2051.52 ft 11:00AM Mar 25, 2024Highest Forecast: 2051.52 ft 5:00PM Mar 25, 2024Highest Forecast: 2051.52 ft 11:00PM Mar 25, 2024USACE--Northwestern DivisionHOPI1(plotting HPIRG) Graph Created (3:01AM Mar 19, 2024)ObservedForecast (issued 2:54PM Mar 18)Latest observed value: 2051.46 ft at 2:00 AM PDT 19-Mar-2024. Flood Stage is 2063.5 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Lake Pend Oreille at Hope are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 2069
Moderate Flood Stage: 2066
Flood Stage: 2063.5
Action Stage: 2062.6
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 2,075.88 ft on 06/01/1894
(2) 2,071.62 ft on 06/09/1948
(3) 2,068.76 ft on 06/20/1933
(4) 2,067.11 ft on 06/10/1950
(5) 2,065.74 ft on 06/05/1997
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 2,062.39 ft on 07/11/2023 (P)
(2) 2,062.40 ft on 07/12/2022
(3) 2,062.46 ft on 06/19/2021
(4) 2,062.45 ft on 07/18/2020
(5) 2,062.44 ft on 06/16/2019
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 2,046.27 ft on 02/17/1936

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2071 Extensive flooding is likely. Some flooding in the Sandpoint business district can also be expected. Lake level of 2071 feet is in reference to the NGVD29 datum.
2071 Extensive flooding is likely. Some flooding in the Sandpoint business district can also be expected. Lake level of 2071 feet is in reference to the NGVD29 datum.
2069 Major flooding of lakeside homes and docks adjacent to the lake is likely. Significant flooding can also be expected along the Pack, Priest, and Clark Fork River valleys near the lake. Lake level of 2069 feet is in reference to the NGVD29 datum.
2065.75 Portions of Lakeview Avenue in Bayview will be flooded. Extensive damage to docks in Bayview. In 1997 water approached the sewer lift station in Bayview, and the lake level threatened to raise boat houses above their mooring piers.
2065.5 Flooding of some lakeside homes and docks is likely. In 1997 several homes and docks were damaged near Bayview. Lake level of 2065.5 feet is in reference to the NGVD29 datum.
2064 Minor flooding of driveways and low lands in the Pack and Clark Fork River Valleys near the lake. Scenic Bay RV sites and part of parking lot at Scenic Bay Marina in Bayview will be flooded. Most dock ramps around the lake will be underwater. Part of the parking lot behind the Power House in Sandpoint will be flooded. Water will begin to cover part of the sidewalk behind the Edgewater Resort in Sandpoint. Flooding of parking lot and picnic area at Trestle Creek Rec Area. 2064 feet is referenced to NGVD29.
2063.5 Minor flooding of dock ramps, yards, and recreational sites around the lake can be expected. Some erosional damage from wave action is possible along the windward shores. Lake level of 2063.5 feet is in reference to the NGVD29 datum.
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Latitude: 48.276389° N, Longitude: 116.346389° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame
Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 2000 ft 2063.5 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 2000)
Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)
Elevation information source
NAVD88 2003.87 ft 2067.37 ft Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 2000 ft 2063.5 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other 2000 ft 2063.5 ft Observered and forecast lake levels, as well as flood stages, are in reference to NGVD29 datum.

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