Lake Chelan at Chelan, WA
River level and flood forecast · Chelan County
Forecast to fall to 1092.1 ft by Tue, Nov 10, 4 PM.
The National Weather Service has no current reading for this gauge, so its flood status isn't known right now.
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Tue, Nov 3, 8:43 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 6000 ftFlows in excess of 6000cfs may damage the stream restoration work in the Chelan River Gorge downstream of the Chelan Dam.
Highest crests on record
- 1100.16 ft — June 30, 1981
- 1099.82 ft — July 2, 2021
- 1099.81 ft — July 9, 2019
- 1099.78 ft — July 28, 2020
- 1099.73 ft — July 20, 2018
Recent crests: 1098.72 ft (July 3, 2024) · 1099.52 ft (July 1, 2023) · 1099.32 ft (June 17, 2023) · 1099.53 ft (August 3, 2022) · 1099.82 ft (July 2, 2021)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (CHDW1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.