Kitwanga River near Kitwanga water level

Name: Kitwanga River near Kitwanga 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, Kitwanga River, British Columbia, Canada

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Latest reading

Water level

1.95m Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 08:40 AM PDT (2 hours ago)

Flow: 11.5 m³/s

History

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Water level

What this means

The latest water level reported for Kitwanga River near Kitwanga is 1.95 m. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

The level is falling, down 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 1.73 m and 2.05 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.09 m.

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

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days: 1.73 m – 2.05 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 1.74 m – 2.02 m

Conditions at Kitwanga River near Kitwanga

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

Rain in the last 3 days: 15 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 12° -1° – Wind 4 km/h

21 Wed 8° 3° 3.9 mm, 87% Wind 4 km/h

22 Thu 8° -1° 1.5 mm Wind 4 km/h

23 Fri 7° -1° – Wind 3 km/h

24 Sat 6° -3° – Wind 3 km/h

25 Sun 7° -4° – Wind 3 km/h

26 Mon 5° -1° – Wind 2 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:13 AM Sunset 06:23 PM Daylight 10 hr, 10 min Waxing gibbous 70%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Skeena River at Glen VowellRiver gauge, Skeena River	1.86 m	Normal	−0.13 m	32 km
Two Mile Creek in District Lot 4834River gauge, Two Mile Creek	0.32 m	Normal	±0	34 km
Kispiox River near HazeltonRiver gauge, Kispiox River	1.36 m	High	−0.04 m	41 km
Clarence Creek near RosswoodRiver gauge, Clarence Creek	2.25 m	Normal	−0.03 m	50 km
M3 Creek near SmithersRiver gauge, M3 Creek	3.08 m	Normal	−0.01 m	53 km
Skeena River at UskRiver gauge, Skeena River	5.96 m	Very high	−0.17 m	58 km
Simpson Creek at the MouthRiver gauge, Simpson Creek	0.40 m	Normal	−0.01 m	64 km
Kitsumkalum River below Alice CreekRiver gauge, Kitsumkalum River	3.90 m	High	−0.12 m	66 km

Questions and answers

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

What is the water level of Kitwanga River near Kitwanga today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 08:40 AM PDT, the water level was 1.95 m. Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Kitwanga River near Kitwanga rising or falling?

Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.09 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Kitwanga River near Kitwanga 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:08EB007 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 55.11640, -128.05392 (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	1.95 m	2026-10-20 15:40	Provisional
Flow	11.5 m³/s	2026-10-20 15:40	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Kitwanga River near Kitwanga (eccc:08EB007). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/kitwanga-river-near-kitwanga

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