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Columbia River at Chief Joseph Dam Forebay Elevation (ft)Observed: 952.8 ft at 3:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 952.7 ft at 4:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 952.5 ft at 5:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 952.5 ft at 6:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 952.4 ft at 7:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 952.2 ft at 8:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 952.6 ft at 9:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 952.7 ft at 10:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 952.7 ft at 11:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 953.1 ft at 12:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 953.1 ft at 1:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 952.8 ft at 2:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 952.9 ft at 3:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 953 ft at 4:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 952.9 ft at 5:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 952.9 ft at 6:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 953 ft at 7:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 952.9 ft at 8:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 953 ft at 9:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 953.1 ft at 10:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 953.2 ft at 11:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 953.3 ft at 11:59PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 953.3 ft at 12:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 953.1 ft at 1:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 953.1 ft at 2:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 953.5 ft at 3:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 953.4 ft at 4:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 953.2 ft at 5:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 953.2 ft at 6:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 953.2 ft at 7:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 953.1 ft at 8:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 953 ft at 9:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 953.1 ft at 10:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 953.1 ft at 11:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 953 ft at 12:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 952.8 ft at 1:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 952.8 ft at 2:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 952.9 ft at 3:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 952.9 ft at 4:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 953 ft at 5:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 953.1 ft at 6:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 952.8 ft at 7:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 952.6 ft at 8:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 952.5 ft at 9:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 952.2 ft at 10:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 952.2 ft at 11:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 952.1 ft at 11:59PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 952.9 ft at 12:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 952.1 ft at 1:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 952.1 ft at 2:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 952.2 ft at 3:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 952.2 ft at 4:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 952.2 ft at 5:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 952.3 ft at 6:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 952.5 ft at 7:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 952.7 ft at 8:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 952.9 ft at 9:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 953.3 ft at 10:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 953.5 ft at 11:00AM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 953.4 ft at 12:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 953.5 ft at 1:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 953.7 ft at 2:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 953.6 ft at 3:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 953.5 ft at 4:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 953.8 ft at 5:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 953.6 ft at 6:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 953.5 ft at 7:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 953.8 ft at 8:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 953.7 ft at 9:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 953.6 ft at 10:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 953.8 ft at 11:00PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 953.7 ft at 11:59PM Sep 28, 2023Observed: 953.7 ft at 12:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.6 ft at 1:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.9 ft at 2:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.9 ft at 3:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.7 ft at 4:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.8 ft at 5:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.8 ft at 6:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.6 ft at 7:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.4 ft at 8:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.6 ft at 9:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.7 ft at 10:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.6 ft at 11:00AM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.7 ft at 12:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.8 ft at 1:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.8 ft at 2:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.8 ft at 3:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.8 ft at 4:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.8 ft at 5:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.8 ft at 6:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.5 ft at 7:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.7 ft at 8:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.8 ft at 9:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.5 ft at 10:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.4 ft at 11:00PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.4 ft at 11:59PM Sep 29, 2023Observed: 953.7 ft at 12:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.3 ft at 1:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.2 ft at 2:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.2 ft at 3:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.3 ft at 4:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.2 ft at 5:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.1 ft at 6:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.2 ft at 7:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.4 ft at 8:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.4 ft at 9:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.4 ft at 10:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.4 ft at 11:00AM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.4 ft at 12:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.3 ft at 1:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.3 ft at 2:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.2 ft at 3:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.1 ft at 4:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.2 ft at 5:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953.2 ft at 6:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 952.9 ft at 7:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953 ft at 8:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 953 ft at 9:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 952.9 ft at 10:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 952.7 ft at 11:00PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 952.4 ft at 11:59PM Sep 30, 2023Observed: 952.4 ft at 12:00AM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 952.3 ft at 1:00AM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 952.2 ft at 2:00AM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 952.4 ft at 3:00AM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 952.6 ft at 4:00AM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 952.7 ft at 5:00AM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 952.9 ft at 6:00AM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.2 ft at 7:00AM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.4 ft at 8:00AM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.5 ft at 9:00AM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.8 ft at 10:00AM Oct 01, 2023Highest Observation: 954 ft at 11:00AM Oct 01, 2023Highest Observation: 954 ft at 12:00PM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.9 ft at 1:00PM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.9 ft at 2:00PM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.9 ft at 3:00PM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.8 ft at 4:00PM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.8 ft at 5:00PM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.6 ft at 6:00PM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.4 ft at 7:00PM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.4 ft at 8:00PM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.7 ft at 9:00PM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.7 ft at 10:00PM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.6 ft at 11:00PM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.3 ft at 11:59PM Oct 01, 2023Observed: 953.4 ft at 12:00AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953.3 ft at 1:00AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953.5 ft at 2:00AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953.6 ft at 3:00AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953.5 ft at 4:00AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953.5 ft at 5:00AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953.5 ft at 6:00AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953.7 ft at 7:00AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953.7 ft at 8:00AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953.7 ft at 9:00AM Oct 02, 2023Highest Observation: 954 ft at 10:00AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953.8 ft at 11:00AM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953.6 ft at 12:00PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953.7 ft at 1:00PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953.5 ft at 2:00PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953.3 ft at 3:00PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953.3 ft at 4:00PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953.3 ft at 5:00PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953 ft at 6:00PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953 ft at 7:00PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 953 ft at 8:00PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 952.9 ft at 9:00PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 952.8 ft at 10:00PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 952.4 ft at 11:00PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 952.6 ft at 11:59PM Oct 02, 2023Observed: 952.5 ft at 12:00AM Oct 03, 2023Observed: 952.6 ft at 1:00AM Oct 03, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 5:00AM Oct 03, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 11:00AM Oct 03, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 5:00PM Oct 03, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 11:00PM Oct 03, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 5:00AM Oct 04, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 11:00AM Oct 04, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 5:00PM Oct 04, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 11:00PM Oct 04, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 5:00AM Oct 05, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 11:00AM Oct 05, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 5:00PM Oct 05, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 11:00PM Oct 05, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 5:00AM Oct 06, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 11:00AM Oct 06, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 5:00PM Oct 06, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 11:00PM Oct 06, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 5:00AM Oct 07, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 11:00AM Oct 07, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 5:00PM Oct 07, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 11:00PM Oct 07, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 5:00AM Oct 08, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 11:00AM Oct 08, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 5:00PM Oct 08, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 11:00PM Oct 08, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 5:00AM Oct 09, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 11:00AM Oct 09, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 5:00PM Oct 09, 2023Highest Forecast: 953.6 ft 11:00PM Oct 09, 2023USACE--Northwestern DivisionCHJW1(plotting HFIRX) Graph Created (2:16AM Oct 3, 2023)ObservedForecast (issued 3:08PM Oct 2)Latest observed value: 952.6 ft at 1:00 AM PDT 3-Oct-2023.
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Columbia River at Chief Joseph Dam are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 0
Moderate Flood Stage: 0
Flood Stage: 0
Action Stage: 0
Low Stage (in feet): 950

Historic Crests
(1) 955.30 ft on 11/05/2020
(2) 954.90 ft on 02/13/2018
(3) 954.70 ft on 05/23/2023 (P)
(4) 954.70 ft on 03/13/2019
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 954.70 ft on 05/23/2023 (P)
(2) 954.50 ft on 06/18/2022
(3) 954.60 ft on 07/15/2021
(4) 955.30 ft on 11/05/2020
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 951.69 ft on 08/23/2021
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Latitude: 47.996111° N, Longitude: 119.632500° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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