river · Washington
Columbia River
Big water, big current, and world-record-class walleye swimming below the dams.
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Water report149,000CFSNormal
Running normal for mid August. Above 58% of past August 16s on record.
Columbia River flows right now
149,000 cfs measured at Vancouver, 57.0 miles from the centre of this water, read at 10:00 PM on Aug 16. That is in the 58th percentile for August 16 across 17 years of record. The median for this date is 142,000 cfs, and the driest tenth of years on record ran under 117,000 cfs. Last read 2h ago.
Columbia River fishing records
No verified catches yet. The record book is wide open.
Recent catches
Quiet water
No catches logged here lately. First one on the board sets the pace.
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About this gauge
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 14144700, COLUMBIA RIVER AT VANCOUVER, WA, 57.0 miles from the centre of Columbia River. It reports discharge, gage height and turbidity. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.
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