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Sheridan Creek above McLeese Lake water level

River gauge, Sheridan Creek, British Columbia, Canada

Directions

Very low for mid-October

Water level

0.12m Steady over the last 24 hours

Flow
0.02 m³/s
0.15 0.20

History

0.150.20mOct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 18Oct 200.150.20mOct 13Oct 17Oct 20
0.150.20mSep 20Sep 28Oct 5Oct 12Oct 200.150.20mSep 20Oct 5Oct 20
Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Sheridan Creek above McLeese Lake is running far below normal at 0.12 m.

That puts it 0.05 m below the median of 0.17 m for mid-October, based on 15 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 0.11 m and 0.19 m.

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

Compared with 15 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date
0.17 m0.05 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.16 m – 0.23 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (15 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.11 m – 0.19 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.11 m – 0.16 m

On the river

Outside the spring freshet, most rivers settle into a gentler pattern, broken by storms.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 11° 0° – Wind 12 km/h
21 Wed 13° 2° – Wind 14 km/h
22 Thu 6° 0° 0.2 mm, 55% Wind 14 km/h
23 Fri 6° -1° – Wind 3 km/h
24 Sat 7° -1° – Wind 10 km/h
25 Sun 7° -3° – Wind 8 km/h
26 Mon 6° 0° – Wind 5 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:44 AM Sunset 06:05 PM Daylight 10 hr, 21 min First quarter 68%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Fraser River near MargueriteRiver gauge, Fraser River 3.07 m Normal +0.01 m 15 km
San Jose River above Borland CreekRiver gauge, San Jose River 1.87 m Very low ±0 44 km
Quesnel River near QuesnelRiver gauge, Quesnel River 1.94 m Normal −0.01 m 47 km
Quesnel River at LikelyRiver gauge, Quesnel River 72.8 m³/s Normal −2.50 m³/s 53 km
Quesnel Lake near LikelyLake, Quesnel Lake 0.49 m Normal −0.02 m 54 km
Moffat Creek near HorseflyRiver gauge, Moffat Creek 2.23 m Very high ±0 61 km
Baker Creek at QuesnelRiver gauge, Baker Creek 1.58 m Normal ±0 63 km
Little Swift River at the MouthRiver gauge, Little Swift River 1.20 m Normal −0.01 m 65 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Sheridan Creek above McLeese Lake in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.17 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.16 m and 0.23 m, based on 15 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 0.12 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Sheridan Creek above McLeese Lake today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 04:30 AM PDT, the water level was 0.12 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Sheridan Creek above McLeese Lake rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Sheridan Creek above McLeese Lake normal?

Very low for mid-October. Compared with 15 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:08MC045 (Agency page)
Coordinates
52.42625, -122.29464 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 0.12 m 2026-10-20 11:30 Provisional
Flow 0.02 m³/s 2026-10-20 11:30 Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Sheridan Creek above McLeese Lake (eccc:08MC045). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/sheridan-creek-above-mcleese-lake

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