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Columbia River above Grand Coulee Dam Forebay Elevation (ft)Observed: 1285.2 ft at 11:00PM Nov 21, 2021Highest Observation: 1285.22 ft at 11:59PM Nov 21, 2021Observed: 1285.2 ft at 12:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1285.2 ft at 1:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1285.2 ft at 2:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1285.2 ft at 3:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1285.2 ft at 4:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1285.1 ft at 5:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1285 ft at 6:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.9 ft at 7:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.9 ft at 8:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.9 ft at 9:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.8 ft at 10:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.8 ft at 11:00AM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.8 ft at 12:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.6 ft at 1:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.6 ft at 2:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.6 ft at 3:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.5 ft at 4:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.5 ft at 5:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.4 ft at 6:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.4 ft at 7:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.4 ft at 8:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.5 ft at 9:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.5 ft at 10:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.4 ft at 11:00PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.42 ft at 11:59PM Nov 22, 2021Observed: 1284.4 ft at 12:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284.4 ft at 1:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284.4 ft at 2:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284.4 ft at 3:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284.5 ft at 4:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284.5 ft at 5:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284.3 ft at 6:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284.1 ft at 7:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284.1 ft at 8:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284.2 ft at 9:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284.2 ft at 10:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284.2 ft at 11:00AM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284.2 ft at 12:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284.1 ft at 1:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1283.9 ft at 2:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1283.9 ft at 3:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284 ft at 4:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284 ft at 5:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284 ft at 6:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284 ft at 7:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1283.9 ft at 8:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1283.8 ft at 9:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1283.8 ft at 10:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1283.9 ft at 11:00PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284 ft at 11:59PM Nov 23, 2021Observed: 1284 ft at 12:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1284 ft at 1:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1284.1 ft at 2:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1284 ft at 3:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1284 ft at 4:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.9 ft at 5:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1284 ft at 6:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.9 ft at 7:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.8 ft at 8:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.8 ft at 9:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.7 ft at 10:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.6 ft at 11:00AM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.6 ft at 12:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.6 ft at 1:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.5 ft at 2:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.5 ft at 3:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.4 ft at 4:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.3 ft at 5:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.2 ft at 6:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.1 ft at 7:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.2 ft at 8:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.2 ft at 9:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.2 ft at 10:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.2 ft at 11:00PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.11 ft at 11:59PM Nov 24, 2021Observed: 1283.1 ft at 12:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1283.05 ft at 1:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1283.09 ft at 2:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1283.2 ft at 3:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1283.2 ft at 4:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1283.2 ft at 5:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1283.1 ft at 6:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 7:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 8:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 9:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 10:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 11:00AM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 12:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 1:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 2:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1282.7 ft at 3:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 4:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1282.7 ft at 5:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1282.7 ft at 6:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1282.7 ft at 7:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1282.6 ft at 8:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1282.6 ft at 9:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1282.7 ft at 10:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 11:00PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1282.76 ft at 11:59PM Nov 25, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 12:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 1:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 2:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 3:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 4:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 5:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 6:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 7:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 8:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 9:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 10:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 11:00AM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 12:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 1:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 2:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 3:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 4:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 5:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 6:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 7:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 8:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 9:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 10:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 11:00PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.89 ft at 11:59PM Nov 26, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 12:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 1:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 2:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 3:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 4:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 5:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 6:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.7 ft at 7:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.7 ft at 8:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 9:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 10:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 11:00AM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 12:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 1:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 2:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 3:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 4:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.7 ft at 5:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.7 ft at 6:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.7 ft at 7:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 8:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 9:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 10:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 11:00PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.84 ft at 11:59PM Nov 27, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 12:00AM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1282.8 ft at 1:00AM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 2:00AM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 3:00AM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 4:00AM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 5:00AM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 6:00AM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 7:00AM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1282.9 ft at 8:00AM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 9:00AM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 10:00AM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 11:00AM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 12:00PM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 1:00PM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 2:00PM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 3:00PM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 4:00PM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 5:00PM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1283 ft at 6:00PM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1283.1 ft at 7:00PM Nov 28, 2021Observed: 1283.1 ft at 8:00PM Nov 28, 2021Forecast: 1283.03 ft 4:00AM Nov 29, 2021Forecast: 1282.99 ft 10:00AM Nov 29, 2021Forecast: 1282.95 ft 4:00PM Nov 29, 2021Forecast: 1282.92 ft 10:00PM Nov 29, 2021Forecast: 1282.89 ft 4:00AM Nov 30, 2021Forecast: 1282.87 ft 10:00AM Nov 30, 2021Forecast: 1282.86 ft 4:00PM Nov 30, 2021Forecast: 1282.85 ft 10:00PM Nov 30, 2021Forecast: 1282.88 ft 4:00AM Dec 01, 2021Forecast: 1282.96 ft 10:00AM Dec 01, 2021Forecast: 1283.04 ft 4:00PM Dec 01, 2021Forecast: 1283.12 ft 10:00PM Dec 01, 2021Forecast: 1283.2 ft 4:00AM Dec 02, 2021Forecast: 1283.28 ft 10:00AM Dec 02, 2021Forecast: 1283.36 ft 4:00PM Dec 02, 2021Forecast: 1283.43 ft 10:00PM Dec 02, 2021Forecast: 1283.48 ft 4:00AM Dec 03, 2021Forecast: 1283.49 ft 10:00AM Dec 03, 2021Forecast: 1283.5 ft 4:00PM Dec 03, 2021Forecast: 1283.52 ft 10:00PM Dec 03, 2021Forecast: 1283.56 ft 4:00AM Dec 04, 2021Forecast: 1283.66 ft 10:00AM Dec 04, 2021Forecast: 1283.8 ft 4:00PM Dec 04, 2021Forecast: 1283.97 ft 10:00PM Dec 04, 2021Forecast: 1284.16 ft 4:00AM Dec 05, 2021Forecast: 1284.36 ft 10:00AM Dec 05, 2021Forecast: 1284.56 ft 4:00PM Dec 05, 2021Highest Forecast: 1284.78 ft 10:00PM Dec 05, 2021USBR--Pacific Northwest RegionGCDW1(plotting HFIRX) Graph Created (10:01PM Nov 28, 2021)ObservedForecast (issued 2:44PM Nov 28)Latest observed value: 1283.1 ft at 8:00 PM PST 28-Nov-2021.
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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): 1230

Historic Crests
(1) 1,290.36 ft on 08/06/1976
(2) 1,290.30 ft on 07/17/1942
(3) 1,290.30 ft on 06/03/1945
(4) 1,289.71 ft on 07/12/2013
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 1,289.60 ft on 07/08/2018
(2) 1,289.67 ft on 07/09/2017
(3) 1,288.44 ft on 06/21/2016
(4) 1,289.62 ft on 07/13/2015
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 956.10 ft on 08/29/1938
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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

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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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