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Columbia River at Chief Joseph Dam Forebay Elevation (ft)Observed: 953.3 ft at 7:00AM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 953.2 ft at 8:00AM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 953 ft at 9:00AM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 952.9 ft at 10:00AM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 952.9 ft at 11:00AM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 953 ft at 12:00PM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 953 ft at 1:00PM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 953 ft at 2:00PM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 953.1 ft at 3:00PM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 4:00PM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 5:00PM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 6:00PM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 953.2 ft at 7:00PM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 953.1 ft at 8:00PM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 9:00PM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 953.7 ft at 10:00PM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 954.1 ft at 11:00PM Jul 04, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 12:00AM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 955 ft at 1:00AM Jul 05, 2020Highest Observation: 955.4 ft at 2:00AM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 955.3 ft at 3:00AM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 955.1 ft at 4:00AM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 954.9 ft at 5:00AM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 954.8 ft at 6:00AM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 954.6 ft at 7:00AM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 954.3 ft at 8:00AM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 954.2 ft at 9:00AM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 954 ft at 10:00AM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 953.8 ft at 11:00AM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 953.7 ft at 12:00PM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 953.6 ft at 1:00PM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 953.6 ft at 2:00PM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 953.6 ft at 3:00PM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 953.8 ft at 4:00PM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 953.9 ft at 5:00PM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 953.9 ft at 6:00PM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 953.9 ft at 7:00PM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 954 ft at 8:00PM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 954 ft at 9:00PM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 953.9 ft at 10:00PM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 954 ft at 11:00PM Jul 05, 2020Observed: 954 ft at 12:00AM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 954.1 ft at 1:00AM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 954 ft at 2:00AM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 954 ft at 3:00AM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 954 ft at 4:00AM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 953.9 ft at 5:00AM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 953.7 ft at 6:00AM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 953.6 ft at 7:00AM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 8:00AM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 953 ft at 9:00AM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 952.9 ft at 10:00AM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 952.8 ft at 11:00AM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 952.8 ft at 12:00PM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 952.7 ft at 1:00PM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 952.6 ft at 2:00PM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 952.6 ft at 3:00PM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 952.8 ft at 4:00PM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 953 ft at 5:00PM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 953.2 ft at 6:00PM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 953.1 ft at 7:00PM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 8:00PM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 953.4 ft at 9:00PM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 953.2 ft at 10:00PM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 953.4 ft at 11:00PM Jul 06, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 12:00AM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 1:00AM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.4 ft at 2:00AM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 3:00AM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 4:00AM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 5:00AM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953 ft at 6:00AM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 952.8 ft at 7:00AM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 952.7 ft at 8:00AM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 952.9 ft at 9:00AM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953 ft at 10:00AM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.1 ft at 11:00AM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.2 ft at 12:00PM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.2 ft at 1:00PM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.2 ft at 2:00PM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 3:00PM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.2 ft at 4:00PM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.1 ft at 5:00PM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.1 ft at 6:00PM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 7:00PM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.4 ft at 8:00PM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.5 ft at 9:00PM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.6 ft at 10:00PM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.7 ft at 11:00PM Jul 07, 2020Observed: 953.9 ft at 12:00AM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 954 ft at 1:00AM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.8 ft at 2:00AM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.7 ft at 3:00AM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.7 ft at 4:00AM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.6 ft at 5:00AM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.5 ft at 6:00AM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 7:00AM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.2 ft at 8:00AM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.1 ft at 9:00AM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953 ft at 10:00AM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.1 ft at 11:00AM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.1 ft at 12:00PM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.1 ft at 1:00PM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.1 ft at 2:00PM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.2 ft at 3:00PM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.2 ft at 4:00PM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 5:00PM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 6:00PM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 7:00PM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 8:00PM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.6 ft at 9:00PM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.7 ft at 10:00PM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.7 ft at 11:00PM Jul 08, 2020Observed: 953.4 ft at 12:00AM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.4 ft at 1:00AM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.4 ft at 2:00AM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 3:00AM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.2 ft at 4:00AM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 5:00AM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.2 ft at 6:00AM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.2 ft at 7:00AM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 8:00AM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.5 ft at 9:00AM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.6 ft at 10:00AM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.5 ft at 11:00AM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.4 ft at 12:00PM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 1:00PM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 2:00PM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 3:00PM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.4 ft at 4:00PM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.5 ft at 5:00PM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.4 ft at 6:00PM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.6 ft at 7:00PM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.8 ft at 8:00PM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.8 ft at 9:00PM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 954.1 ft at 10:00PM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 954.3 ft at 11:00PM Jul 09, 2020Observed: 953.5 ft at 12:00AM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 954.3 ft at 1:00AM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 954.2 ft at 2:00AM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 953.9 ft at 3:00AM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 953.8 ft at 4:00AM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 953.6 ft at 5:00AM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 953.6 ft at 6:00AM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 7:00AM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 953 ft at 8:00AM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 952.9 ft at 9:00AM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 952.8 ft at 10:00AM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 952.7 ft at 11:00AM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 952.6 ft at 12:00PM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 952.6 ft at 1:00PM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 952.7 ft at 2:00PM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 952.8 ft at 3:00PM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 952.8 ft at 4:00PM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 952.9 ft at 5:00PM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 952.9 ft at 6:00PM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 952.9 ft at 7:00PM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 953 ft at 8:00PM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 953.1 ft at 9:00PM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 953.1 ft at 10:00PM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 953.3 ft at 11:00PM Jul 10, 2020Observed: 953.2 ft at 12:00AM Jul 11, 2020Observed: 953.1 ft at 1:00AM Jul 11, 2020Observed: 952.8 ft at 2:00AM Jul 11, 2020Observed: 952.4 ft at 3:00AM Jul 11, 2020Observed: 952.2 ft at 4:00AM Jul 11, 2020Observed: 952.4 ft at 5:00AM Jul 11, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 11:00AM Jul 11, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 5:00PM Jul 11, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 11:00PM Jul 11, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 5:00AM Jul 12, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 11:00AM Jul 12, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 5:00PM Jul 12, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 11:00PM Jul 12, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 5:00AM Jul 13, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 11:00AM Jul 13, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 5:00PM Jul 13, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 11:00PM Jul 13, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 5:00AM Jul 14, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 11:00AM Jul 14, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 5:00PM Jul 14, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 11:00PM Jul 14, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 5:00AM Jul 15, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 11:00AM Jul 15, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 5:00PM Jul 15, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 11:00PM Jul 15, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 5:00AM Jul 16, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 11:00AM Jul 16, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 5:00PM Jul 16, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 11:00PM Jul 16, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 5:00AM Jul 17, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 11:00AM Jul 17, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 5:00PM Jul 17, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 11:00PM Jul 17, 2020Highest Forecast: 952.6 ft 5:00AM Jul 18, 2020USACE--Northwestern DivisionCHJW1(plotting HFIRX) Graph Created (6:01AM Jul 11, 2020)ObservedForecast (issued 2:24PM Jul 10)Latest observed value: 952.4 ft at 5:00 AM PDT 11-Jul-2020.
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Major Flood Stage: 0
Moderate Flood Stage: 0
Flood Stage: 0
Action Stage: 0
Low Stage (in feet): 0

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Latitude: 47.996111° N, Longitude: 119.632500° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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NWS stage 0 ft Not Available Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
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NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
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