Atim Creek at Century Road water level

Name: Atim Creek at Century Road 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, Atim Creek, Alberta, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

8.59m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 01:05 AM MDT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 0.16 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Atim Creek at Century Road is at 8.59 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 8.61 m, based on 13 years of readings, so the water level is 0.02 m below typical.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 8.56 m and 8.63 m.

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

Compared with 13 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 8.61 m0.02 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 8.56 m – 8.95 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (13 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 8.56 m – 8.63 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 8.57 m – 8.61 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: 0.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 3° – Wind 22 km/h

19 Mon 9° 1° – Wind 10 km/h

20 Tue 11° 0° – Wind 15 km/h

21 Wed 12° -1° – Wind 12 km/h

22 Thu 11° 0° – Wind 11 km/h

23 Fri 5° 2° 7.3 mm, 79% Wind 28 km/h

24 Sat 2° -3° 0.2 mm, 41% Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:11 AM Sunset 06:31 PM Daylight 10 hr, 21 min First quarter 57%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Sturgeon River near VilleneuveRiver gauge, Sturgeon River	0.89 m	Normal	+0.01 m	11 km
Carrot Creek near the MouthRiver gauge, Carrot Creek	8.31 m	Very high	+0.05 m	13 km
Sturgeon River at St. AlbertRiver gauge, Sturgeon River	0.66 m	Normal	−0.04 m	18 km
Kilini Creek at Twp Road No 543River gauge, Kilini Creek	8.60 m	Very low	−0.02 m	19 km
Whitemud Creek at EdmontonRiver gauge, Whitemud Creek	5.29 m	Normal	±0	25 km
North Saskatchewan River at EdmontonRiver gauge, North Saskatchewan River	2.82 m	Very low	−0.10 m	27 km
Whitemud Creek near EllerslieRiver gauge, Whitemud Creek	1.22 m	High	±0	28 km
Blackmud Creek near EllerslieRiver gauge, Blackmud Creek	0.50 m	Low	±0	31 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Atim Creek at Century Road in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 8.61 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 8.56 m and 8.95 m, based on 13 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 8.59 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Atim Creek at Century Road today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 01:05 AM MDT, the water level was 8.59 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Atim Creek at Century Road rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.03 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Atim Creek at Century Road normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 13 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:05EA012 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.59006, -113.88531 (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	8.59 m	2026-10-19 07:05	Provisional
Flow	0.16 m³/s	2026-10-19 07:05	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Atim Creek at Century Road (eccc:05EA012). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/alberta/atim-creek-at-century-road

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