Development around Coeur d'Alene Lake has accelerated over the past 25 years. Commercial and residential development adjacent to the lake plus demands for irrigation, recreation, and hydropower raise concerns about the potential for declining lake levels.
A comprehensive lake water budget helps resource managers determine the possible effects of growth on lake levels.
In 2007, we used USGS streamflow data to calculate inflows to and outflows from Coeur d’ Alene Lake. We estimated inflow for ungaged drainages using USGS StreamStats.
We also computed withdrawals directly from the lake and from wells within a 1,000 foot buffer of the lakeshore for domestic and municipal uses.
We computed evaporation and storage levels.
Below are publications associated with this project.
Water Budgets for Coeur d'Alene Lake, Idaho, Water Years 2000-2005
Below are partners associated with this project.
Development around Coeur d'Alene Lake has accelerated over the past 25 years. Commercial and residential development adjacent to the lake plus demands for irrigation, recreation, and hydropower raise concerns about the potential for declining lake levels.
A comprehensive lake water budget helps resource managers determine the possible effects of growth on lake levels.
In 2007, we used USGS streamflow data to calculate inflows to and outflows from Coeur d’ Alene Lake. We estimated inflow for ungaged drainages using USGS StreamStats.
We also computed withdrawals directly from the lake and from wells within a 1,000 foot buffer of the lakeshore for domestic and municipal uses.
We computed evaporation and storage levels.
Below are publications associated with this project.
Water Budgets for Coeur d'Alene Lake, Idaho, Water Years 2000-2005
Below are partners associated with this project.