Columbia River Below Priest Rapids Dam, WA - 12472800
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Columbia River Below Priest Rapids Dam, WA - 12472800
Subscribe to WaterAlert April 6, 2025 - April 13, 2025
Gage height, feet
17.83 ft - Apr 13, 2025 07:15:00 AM PDT
Important Data may be provisional
Value
Status
Time
Latest value
17.83 ft
Provisional
Apr 13, 2025
07:15:00 AM PDT
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17.83 ft
Provisional
Apr 13, 2025
07:15:00 AM PDT
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Statistics for April 13, 2025 based on 33 years of data
Gage height, ft
low (2023)
9.79 ft
25th percentile
11.48 ft
median
14.57 ft
75th percentile
18.3 ft
mean
14.92 ft
high (2017)
23.04 ft
Available data
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Learn about the data collection categories Continuous data
2 data types available - data from 1987-10-01 to 2025-04-13
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
Data type
Data date range
Gage height, feet
2007-10-01 - 2025-04-13
Discharge, cubic feet per second
1987-10-01 - 2025-04-13
Daily data
2 data types available - data from 1917-10-01 to 2025-04-12
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0 data types available
Discrete sample data
49 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1961-10-24 to 1974-10-21
48 Sampling activities
- Monitoring Location
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3 mi
Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.
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| USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inorganics, Major, Metals | Water-quality | 1961-10-24 | 1972-09-25 |
| Inorganics, Major, Non-metals | Water-quality | 1961-10-24 | 1974-10-21 |
| Inorganics, Minor, metals | Water-quality | 1961-12-18 | 1972-09-25 |
| Microbiological | Water-quality | 1971-10-11 | 1974-10-21 |
| Nutrient | Water-quality | 1961-10-24 | 1972-09-25 |
| Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality | 1917-10-01 | 2025-04-13 |
| n/a | Peak Measurements | 1917-06-23 | 2023-05-17 |
| n/a | Site Visits | 1959-09-24 | 2025-01-22 |
| n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2006-01-01 | 2024-01-01 |
Monitoring location 12472800 is associated with a Stream in Grant County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1917 are available online.
The datum of the gage has been determined to be 393.38 ft above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 393.38 ft to gage height values.
| Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
|---|---|---|
|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
|
Site identification number
|
12472800 | n/a |
|
Site name
|
COLUMBIA RIVER BELOW PRIEST RAPIDS DAM, WA | n/a |
|
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
| DMS latitude | 463744 | n/a |
| DMS longitude | 1195149 | n/a |
| Decimal latitude | 46.6287084 | n/a |
| Decimal longitude | -119.8647355 | n/a |
|
Latitude-longitude method
|
Interpolated from MAP. | M |
|
Latitude-longitude accuracy
|
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. | S |
|
Latitude-longitude datum
|
North American Datum of 1927 | NAD27 |
| Decimal Latitude-longitude datum | North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
|
District
|
Washington | 53 |
|
State
|
Washington | 53 |
|
County
|
Grant County | 025 |
| Country | US | n/a |
| Land net location description | SENWS07 T13N R24E W | n/a |
| Name of location map | n/a | |
| Scale of location map | n/a | |
| Altitude of Gage/land surface | 393.38 feet | n/a |
| Method altitude determined | GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System | X |
| Altitude accuracy | .08 feet | n/a |
|
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
|
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Upper Columbia-Priest Rapids | 17020016 |
|
Drainage basin
|
n/a | |
|
Topographic setting
|
n/a | |
| Flags for instruments at site | NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
|
Date of first construction
|
n/a | |
| Date site established or inventoried | n/a | |
|
Drainage area
|
96000 square miles | n/a |
| Contributing drainage area | n/a | |
| Time Zone abbreviation | PST | n/a |
|
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
|
Y | n/a |
|
Data reliability
|
n/a | |
| Data-other GW files | NNNNNNNN | n/a |
| National aquifer | n/a | |
| Local aquifer | n/a | |
|
Local aquifer type
|
n/a | |
| Well depth | n/a | |
|
Hole depth
|
n/a | |
| Source of depth data | n/a | |
| Project number | n/a |
