Fourteen Mile Creek at Oakville water level

Name: Fourteen Mile Creek at Oakville 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, Fourteen Mile Creek, Ontario, Canada

Directions

Very low for late October

Water level

1.27m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 21, 2026, 04:35 AM EDT (36 min ago)

Flow: 0.04 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At 1.27 m, Fourteen Mile Creek at Oakville is far below normal for late October.

The median for late October is 1.32 m, based on 20 years of readings, so the water level is 0.05 m below typical.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 1.15 m and 1.66 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, and it usually takes a few days of steady rain to change that.

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 1.32 m0.05 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 1.28 m – 1.40 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 1.15 m – 1.66 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 1.16 m – 1.41 m

Conditions at Fourteen Mile Creek at Oakville

Low water means shallow riffles on canoe trips and warmer water for fish.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

21 Wed 14° 4° – Wind 10 km/h

22 Thu 16° 4° – Wind 16 km/h

23 Fri 13° 10° – Wind 16 km/h

24 Sat 15° 8° – Wind 9 km/h

25 Sun 20° 9° – Wind 13 km/h

26 Mon 21° 11° – Wind 18 km/h

27 Tue 12° 9° 0.6 mm Wind 14 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:28 PM Daylight 10 hr, 47 min Waxing gibbous 76%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
East Sixteen Mile Creek near OmaghRiver gauge, East Sixteen Mile Creek	1.45 m	Low	±0	10 km
Bronte Creek near ZimmermanRiver gauge, Bronte Creek	5.84 m	Normal	±0	13 km
Sixteen Mile Creek at MiltonRiver gauge, Sixteen Mile Creek	1.14 m	Normal	±0	18 km
Credit River at StreetsvilleRiver gauge, Credit River	4.40 m	Low	−0.01 m	18 km
Grindstone Creek at Hidden Valley ParkRiver gauge, Grindstone Creek	8.34 m	High	+0.01 m	18 km
Cooksville Creek near CooksvilleRiver gauge, Cooksville Creek	1.91 m	Very low	±0	20 km
Grindstone Creek near MillgroveRiver gauge, Grindstone Creek	2.25 m	Normal	±0	22 km
Etobicoke Creek below Queen Elizabeth HighwayRiver gauge, Etobicoke Creek	3.47 m	Very low	−0.03 m	23 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Fourteen Mile Creek at Oakville in late October?

The median for late October is 1.32 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 1.28 m and 1.40 m, based on 20 years of records.

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 1.27 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Fourteen Mile Creek at Oakville today?

On Oct 21, 2026, 04:35 AM EDT, the water level was 1.27 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Fourteen Mile Creek at Oakville rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.03 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Fourteen Mile Creek at Oakville normal?

Very low for late October. Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year.

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:02HB027 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 43.42145, -79.70315 (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	1.27 m	2026-10-21 08:35	Provisional
Flow	0.04 m³/s	2026-10-21 08:35	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Fourteen Mile Creek at Oakville (eccc:02HB027). Accessed October 21, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/fourteen-mile-creek-at-oakville

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