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Columbia River conditions

Water report·at Vancouver2h ago
110,000CFSNormal

Running normal for early September. Above 35% of past September 2s on record.

Updated 7:00 PM UTC, Sep 2

1.5 FNUturbidity2.31 ftgage

Columbia River flow history

Aug 11typical 130,000 to 171,000 cfs
123,000cfs

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Aug 5Aug 8Aug 11
Aug 11typical 130,000 to 171,000 cfs
123,000cfs

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Jul 13Jul 27Aug 11
Aug 11typical 130,000 to 171,000 cfs
123,000cfs

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May 14Jun 27Aug 11
Aug 11typical 130,000 to 171,000 cfs
123,000cfs

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Sep 1Feb 20Aug 11

What this means

110,000 cfs puts Columbia River in the 35th percentile for September 2, against 16 years of record.

The median for this date is 119,000 cfs, and half of all September 2s on record fell between 104,000 and 134,000.

Over the last 7 days, Columbia River ran between 123,000 and 132,000 cfs, lowest on Aug 11 and highest on Aug 8.

That is 2,000 cfs lower than on Aug 5.

Over the last 30 days, Columbia River ran between 119,000 and 144,000 cfs, lowest on Jul 18 and highest on Jul 15.

That is 12,000 cfs lower than on Jul 13.

Over the last 90 days, Columbia River ran between 119,000 and 254,000 cfs, lowest on Jul 18 and highest on May 15.

That is 115,000 cfs lower than on May 14.

Over the last 12 months, Columbia River ran between 75,500 and 304,000 cfs, lowest on Sep 9 and highest on Mar 15.

That is 23,000 cfs higher than on Sep 1.

Gage height, past 30 days

Aug 12
3.23ft

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2.41 to 3.23 ft over the window.

On this water

No member has posted conditions here lately. The gauge says what the water is doing; an angler who was standing in it says what that felt like.

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USGS monitoring location 14144700, COLUMBIA RIVER AT VANCOUVER, WA, 57.0 miles from the center of Columbia River. Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.

About this gauge

Readings come from USGS monitoring location 14144700, COLUMBIA RIVER AT VANCOUVER, WA, 57.0 miles from the center of Columbia River. It reports turbidity, gage height and discharge. 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.

Columbia River fishing records

The gauge is half the picture. The other half is what came out of the water: verified catches, the current record, and the anglers holding it.

See the Columbia River record book