Water report · Priest Lake
Priest Lake water level
Well above normal for mid August, and holding this week. Above 91% of past August 13s on record.
Updated 5:15 PM UTC, Aug 13
Priest Lake water level history
What this means
3.37 ft puts Priest Lake in the 91st percentile for August 13, against 86 years of record.
The median for this date is 3.04 ft, and half of all August 13s on record fell between 2.97 and 3.10.
Over the last 7 days, Priest Lake held between 3.37 and 3.39 ft, lowest on Aug 7 and highest on Aug 6.
It is back where it was on Aug 6.
Over the last 30 days, Priest Lake held between 3.37 and 3.52 ft, lowest on Aug 7 and highest on Jul 14.
That is 0.13 ft lower than on Jul 14.
Over the last 90 days, Priest Lake held between 3.28 and 3.91 ft, lowest on May 18 and highest on May 28.
That is 0.09 ft higher than on May 15.
Over the last 12 months, Priest Lake held between 0.53 and 3.91 ft, lowest on Nov 3 and highest on May 28.
It is back where it was on Aug 12.
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.
Post a reportUSGS monitoring location 12393000, PRIEST LAKE AT OUTLET NR COOLIN ID, 5.7 miles from the centre of Priest Lake. Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Readings describe the reservoir at the gauge; a shallow arm miles upstream will not match them.
About this gauge
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 12393000, PRIEST LAKE AT OUTLET NR COOLIN ID, 5.7 miles from the centre of Priest Lake. It reports gage height. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Readings describe the reservoir at the gauge; a shallow arm miles upstream will not match them.
Priest Lake 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 Priest Lake record book