Qu'Appelle River below Craven Dam water level

Name: Qu'Appelle River below Craven Dam 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, Qu'Appelle River, Saskatchewan, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

1.58m Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 12:35 AM CST (1 hour ago)

Flow: 11.8 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Qu'Appelle River below Craven Dam reads 1.58 m, a normal level for mid-October.

That puts it 0.40 m above the median of 1.18 m for mid-October, based on 15 years of readings.

The water is rising: up 0.06 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 1.10 m and 1.82 m.

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

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

Key numbers

Median for this date: 1.18 m0.40 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.92 m – 2.13 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (15 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 1.10 m – 1.82 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 1.51 m – 1.81 m

Conditions at Qu'Appelle River below Craven Dam

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 Qu'Appelle River

The Qu'Appelle River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba that flows 430 kilometres (270 mi) east from Lake Diefenbaker in south-western Saskatchewan to join the Assiniboine River in Manitoba, just south of Lake of the Prairies, near the village of St. Lazare. It is in a region called the Prairie Pothole Region of North America, which extends throughout three Canadian provinces and five U.S. states. It is also within Palliser's Triangle and the Great Plains ecoregion.

Weather at the gauge

The forecast is not available right now.

Sunrise 07:28 AM Sunset 06:02 PM Daylight 10 hr, 35 min First quarter 47%

Map

Other gauges on the Qu'Appelle River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Qu'Appelle River near LumsdenRiver gauge, Qu'Appelle River	491.11 m	Normal	−0.02 m	7.9 km
Qu'Appelle River below Loon CreekRiver gauge, Qu'Appelle River	0.96 m	Normal	−0.19 m	37 km
Qu'Appelle River above Buffalo Pound LakeRiver gauge, Qu'Appelle River	5.53 m	High	+0.01 m	74 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Wascana Creek near LumsdenRiver gauge, Wascana Creek	1.76 m	Normal	−0.02 m	11 km
Boggy Creek near LumsdenRiver gauge, Boggy Creek	1.73 m	High	±0	12 km
Cottonwood Creek near LumsdenRiver gauge, Cottonwood Creek	1.35 m	Very high	±0	15 km
Last Mountain Lake at Rowan'S RavineLake, Last Mountain Lake	490.16 m	Very high	−0.02 m	42 km
Moose Jaw River near BurdickRiver gauge, Moose Jaw River	528.20 m	Normal	+0.03 m	54 km
Fahlman Creek near DavinRiver gauge, Fahlman Creek	0.73 m	Very low	−0.01 m	57 km
Jumping Deer Creek near LiptonRiver gauge, Jumping Deer Creek	3.15 m	High	−0.01 m	67 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Qu'Appelle River below Craven Dam in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 1.18 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.92 m and 2.13 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 1.58 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Qu'Appelle River below Craven Dam today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 12:35 AM CST, the water level was 1.58 m. Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Qu'Appelle River below Craven Dam rising or falling?

Up 0.06 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.03 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Qu'Appelle River below Craven Dam normal?

Normal 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:05JK002 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.70653, -104.79792 (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	1.58 m	2026-10-18 06:35	Provisional
Flow	11.8 m³/s	2026-10-18 06:35	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Qu'Appelle River below Craven Dam (eccc:05JK002). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/saskatchewan/quappelle-river-below-craven-dam

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