Keen Creek below Kyawats Creek water level

Name: Keen Creek below Kyawats 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, Keen Creek, British Columbia, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

1.08m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 05:15 AM MDT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 0.73 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 Keen Creek below Kyawats Creek reads 1.08 m, a normal level for mid-October.

That puts it 0.05 m below the median of 1.13 m for mid-October, based on 16 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 1.05 m (+0.04 m).

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 1.08 m and 1.32 m.

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

Compared with 16 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 1.13 m0.05 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 1.02 m – 1.25 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (16 years of records)
Same day last year: 1.05 m+0.04 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 1.08 m – 1.32 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 1.04 m – 1.43 m

Conditions at Keen Creek below Kyawats 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.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

20 Tue 10° 3° – Wind 13 km/h

21 Wed 13° 7° – Wind 17 km/h

22 Thu 16° 4° – Wind 6 km/h

23 Fri 9° -1° – Wind 11 km/h

24 Sat 8° -2° – Wind 6 km/h

25 Sun 7° -3° – Wind 5 km/h

26 Mon 8° -3° – Wind 5 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:19 AM Sunset 06:49 PM Daylight 10 hr, 30 min First quarter 68%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Kaslo River below Kemp CreekRiver gauge, Kaslo River	1.95 m	Low	±0	13 km
Kootenay Lake at Queens BayLake, Kootenay Lake	531.28 m	Normal	±0	28 km
Redfish Creek near HarropRiver gauge, Redfish Creek	4.65 m	High	±0	28 km
Lemon Creek above South Lemon CreekRiver gauge, Lemon Creek	0.74 m	Normal	±0	30 km
Duhamel Creek above DiversionsRiver gauge, Duhamel Creek	0.63 m	Normal	±0	33 km
Duncan River below Lardeau RiverRiver gauge, Duncan River	1.75 m	Normal	+0.01 m	42 km
Anderson Creek near NelsonRiver gauge, Anderson Creek	0.03 m	Very low	±0	42 km
Duncan Reservoir at Duncan DamReservoir, Duncan Reservoir	572.28 m	Normal	−0.02 m	44 km

Questions and answers

How does Keen Creek below Kyawats Creek compare with last year?

It is 0.04 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 1.05 m.

What is a normal level for Keen Creek below Kyawats Creek in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 1.13 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 1.02 m and 1.25 m, based on 16 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 1.08 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Keen Creek below Kyawats Creek today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 05:15 AM MDT, the water level was 1.08 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Keen Creek below Kyawats Creek rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.04 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Keen Creek below Kyawats Creek normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 16 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:08NH132 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.87255, -117.12198 (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	1.08 m	2026-10-20 11:15	Provisional
Flow	0.73 m³/s	2026-10-20 11:15	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Keen Creek below Kyawats Creek (eccc:08NH132). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/keen-creek-below-kyawats-creek

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