Southgate River above Elliot Creek water level

Name: Southgate River above Elliot 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, Southgate River, British Columbia, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

8.76m Down 0.19 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 02:40 PM PDT (60 min ago)

Flow: 50.0 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At 8.76 m, the Southgate River above Elliot Creek is below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 0.37 m below the median of 9.13 m for mid-October, based on 5 years of readings.

The level is falling, down 0.19 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 8.65 m and 10.57 m.

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

Compared with 5 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 9.13 m0.37 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 8.64 m – 9.86 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (5 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 8.65 m – 10.57 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 8.66 m – 10.06 m

Conditions at Southgate River above Elliot Creek

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

The forecast is not available right now.

Sunrise 07:49 AM Sunset 06:19 PM Daylight 10 hr, 30 min First quarter 63%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Homathko River at the MouthRiver gauge, Homathko River	14.22 m	Normal	−0.21 m	24 km
Klinaklini River East Channel (Main) near the MouthRiver gauge, Klinaklini River East Channel (Main)	4.47 m	Normal	−0.26 m	74 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Southgate River above Elliot Creek in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 9.13 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 8.64 m and 9.86 m, based on 5 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 8.76 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Southgate River above Elliot Creek today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 02:40 PM PDT, the water level was 8.76 m. Down 0.19 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Southgate River above Elliot Creek rising or falling?

Down 0.19 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.09 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Southgate River above Elliot Creek normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 5 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:08GD010 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.86167, -124.64389 (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	8.76 m	2026-10-19 21:40	Provisional
Flow	50.0 m³/s	2026-10-19 21:40	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Southgate River above Elliot Creek (eccc:08GD010). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/southgate-river-above-elliot-creek

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