Rivers in Washington

Sprague Lake near Sprague

Lincoln County, WashingtonNWS SLAW1Spokane office

No flood stages set
76.80ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 12:15 AM PDT

Record crest
83.69 ft2017

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Flood stages and impacts

  1. 82.80 ftNegro creek which flows into Sprague Lake, overtops its banks and causes flooding in downtown Sprague along with low-level pasture and farm lands near the lake.

Crest history

14 crests on NOAA’s list since 2011.

#DateStage
1April 2, 201783.69 ft
2March 30, 201881.40 ft
3April 16, 201180.89 ft
4April 13, 201379.65 ft
5May 7, 201979.58 ft
6May 15, 201279.55 ft
7April 23, 201679.24 ft
8February 1, 202078.44 ft
9April 27, 201478.41 ft
10May 6, 202478.39 ft
11March 26, 201577.91 ft
12March 28, 202177.77 ft
13May 21, 202377.08 ft
14April 4, 202276.77 ft

Most recent crests

  • May 6, 2024: 78.39 ft
  • May 21, 2023: 77.08 ft
  • April 4, 2022: 76.77 ft
  • March 28, 2021: 77.77 ft
  • February 1, 2020: 78.44 ft
  • May 7, 2019: 79.58 ft
  • March 30, 2018: 81.40 ft
  • April 2, 2017: 83.69 ft
  • April 23, 2016: 79.24 ft
  • March 26, 2015: 77.91 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Northwest River Forecast Center. Graphical forecasts are not available during times of high water, forecast crest information can be found in the local WFO web page. Stage may be affected by ice during winter months.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service.