Fraser River at Big Bar Creek water level

Name: Fraser River at Big Bar Creek 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, Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

5.55m Down 0.19 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 01:05 PM PDT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 1,200 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Fraser River at Big Bar Creek reads 5.55 m, a normal level for mid-October.

That puts it 0.21 m below the median of 5.76 m for mid-October, based on 8 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 4.67 m (+0.88 m).

The level is falling, down 0.19 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 4.67 m and 7.40 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.

Compared with 8 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 5.76 m0.21 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 4.35 m – 6.66 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (8 years of records)
Same day last year: 4.67 m+0.88 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 4.67 m – 7.40 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 3.83 m – 7.20 m

Conditions at Fraser River at Big Bar Creek

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 the Fraser River

The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1,375 kilometres (854 mi), into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver. The river's annual discharge at its mouth is 112 cubic kilometres (27 mi3) or 3,550 cubic metres per second (125,000 cu ft/s), and each year, it discharges about 20 million tons of sediment into the ocean.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 14° 5° – Wind 9 km/h

20 Tue 17° 4° – Wind 7 km/h

21 Wed 19° 5° – Wind 10 km/h

22 Thu 10° 6° 3.0 mm, 71% Wind 7 km/h

23 Fri 10° 4° – Wind 5 km/h

24 Sat 8° 3° 0.3 mm, 41% Wind 6 km/h

25 Sun 9° 4° 3.0 mm, 30% Wind 4 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:39 AM Sunset 06:09 PM Daylight 10 hr, 29 min First quarter 62%

Map

Other gauges on the Fraser River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Fraser River above Texas CreekRiver gauge, Fraser River	1.76 m	Normal	−0.15 m	66 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Dash Creek above Churn CreekRiver gauge, Dash Creek	3.32 m	Normal	−0.02 m	55 km
Seton River near LillooetRiver gauge, Seton River	0.99 m	Low	±0	58 km
Cayoosh Creek near LillooetRiver gauge, Cayoosh Creek	0.95 m	Low	±0	58 km
Bridge River below Lajoie DamRiver gauge, Bridge River	2.17 m	Very low	±0	63 km
Gun Creek above Carpenter LakeRiver gauge, Gun Creek	4.21 m	No reference yet	+0.01 m	63 km
Bonaparte River below Cache CreekRiver gauge, Bonaparte River	1.33 m	Very low	±0	71 km
Arrowstone Creek near the MouthRiver gauge, Arrowstone Creek	1.74 m	Normal	±0	73 km
Hurley River below Lone Goat CreekRiver gauge, Hurley River	5.87 m	Normal	−0.02 m	76 km

Questions and answers

How does the Fraser River at Big Bar Creek compare with last year?

It is 0.88 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 4.67 m.

What is a normal level for the Fraser River at Big Bar Creek in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 5.76 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 4.35 m and 6.66 m, based on 8 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 5.55 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Fraser River at Big Bar Creek today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 01:05 PM PDT, the water level was 5.55 m. Down 0.19 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Fraser River at Big Bar Creek rising or falling?

Down 0.19 m over the last 24 hours. Down 1.79 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Fraser River at Big Bar Creek normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 8 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.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:08MD013 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.18367, -122.13208 (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	5.55 m	2026-10-19 20:05	Provisional
Flow	1,200 m³/s	2026-10-19 20:05	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Fraser River at Big Bar Creek (eccc:08MD013). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/fraser-river-at-big-bar-creek

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