Black Creek at Limehouse water level

Name: Black Creek at Limehouse water level (Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada)
Creator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

River gauge, Black Creek, Ontario, Canada

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Latest reading

Water level

8.13m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 12:25 PM EDT (2 hours ago)

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

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Water level

What this means

The latest water level reported for Black Creek at Limehouse is 8.13 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 8.11 m and 8.22 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.01 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Same day last year: 8.11 m+0.02 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 8.11 m – 8.22 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 8.11 m – 8.30 m

Conditions at Black Creek at Limehouse

Paddlers should check the trend as well as the level; summer storms can raise rivers quickly.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About Black Creek

Black Creek is a river in the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada. It flows from the city of Vaughan in the Regional Municipality of York to the Humber River in Toronto. Black Creek is smaller than most of the waterways in the Greater Toronto Area.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.7 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 10° 1° – Wind 19 km/h

18 Sun 15° 3° – Wind 31 km/h

19 Mon 18° 6° – Wind 30 km/h

20 Tue 16° 7° – Wind 18 km/h

21 Wed 14° 4° – Wind 11 km/h

22 Thu 18° 5° – Wind 11 km/h

23 Fri 13° 6° – Wind 15 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:38 AM Sunset 06:33 PM Daylight 10 hr, 55 min First quarter 52%

Map

Other gauges on Black Creek

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Black Creek near WestonRiver gauge, Black Creek	0.34 m	Normal	−0.06 m	38 km
Black Creek near HensallRiver gauge, Black Creek	5.36 m	Normal	±0	125 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Credit River West Branch at NorvalRiver gauge, Credit River West Branch	2.16 m	Low	−0.01 m	9.1 km
Credit River at NorvalRiver gauge, Credit River	2.57 m	Low	−0.01 m	9.9 km
Blue Springs Creek near Eden MillsRiver gauge, Blue Springs Creek	1.75 m	Normal	±0	12 km
Sixteen Mile Creek at MiltonRiver gauge, Sixteen Mile Creek	1.14 m	Normal	±0	16 km
Credit River at Boston MillsRiver gauge, Credit River	3.81 m	Low	−0.02 m	16 km
Credit River Erin Branch above ErinRiver gauge, Credit River Erin Branch	2.04 m	Normal	−0.01 m	18 km
Eramosa River above GuelphRiver gauge, Eramosa River	8.56 m	Low	−0.01 m	19 km
Mountsberg Creek below Mountsberg ReservoirRiver gauge, Mountsberg Creek	1.15 m	High	±0	21 km

Questions and answers

How does Black Creek at Limehouse compare with last year?

It is 0.02 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 8.11 m.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 8.13 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Black Creek at Limehouse today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 12:25 PM EDT, the water level was 8.13 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Black Creek at Limehouse rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Black Creek at Limehouse normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

How often is this data updated?

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada publishes a new reading every hour. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence – Canada. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:02HB035 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 43.63464, -79.97756 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum (assumed datum)
Update interval: every hour
Licence: Open Government Licence – Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	8.13 m	2026-10-18 16:25	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Black Creek at Limehouse (eccc:02HB035). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/black-creek-at-limehouse

How we check values

Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.

Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer