The Columbia River will continue to hover around flood levels at Vancouver into next week, the Army Corps of Engineers said Friday, causing flooding in some areas near the river’s banks.

The Army Corps of Engineers measures the harbor’s flood stage at 16 feet above sea level. On Friday afternoon, the river reached 15.7 feet above sea level, the National Weather Service reported.

“At this point in time we do not have an indication the river will exceed flood stage in Vancouver,” said Steve Barton, chief of the Army Corps’ Reservoir Control Center in Portland. Levels are expected to remain around 16 feet above sea level into mid-week, he added.

The Columbia River is experiencing its highest water runoff levels since 1997 because of high precipitation levels this year and late-melting snow, Barton said. The preserved snowpacks making their way into the Columbia River Basin are 180 percent as deep as normal.

“The unique thing about this year’s conditions was it was wet and cold late into April and early May,” Barton said.