Kleskun Hills Main Drain near Grande Prairie water level

Name: Kleskun Hills Main Drain near Grande Prairie 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, Kleskun Hills Main Drain, Alberta, Canada

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Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.54m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 05:40 AM MDT (55 min ago)

Flow: 0.00 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Kleskun Hills Main Drain near Grande Prairie is at 0.54 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

That puts it 0.01 m below the median of 0.55 m for mid-October, based on 14 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.50 m and 0.58 m.

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

Compared with 14 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 0.55 m0.01 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.44 m – 0.67 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (14 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.50 m – 0.58 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.50 m – 0.57 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: 7.2 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 12° 0° – Wind 13 km/h

21 Wed 15° 0° – Wind 10 km/h

22 Thu 8° 2° – Wind 8 km/h

23 Fri 6° -1° – Wind 13 km/h

24 Sat 2° -2° – Wind 10 km/h

25 Sun 3° -5° – Wind 5 km/h

26 Mon 5° -4° – Wind 11 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:34 AM Sunset 06:44 PM Daylight 10 hr, 10 min First quarter 68%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Simonette River near GoodwinRiver gauge, Simonette River	1.86 m	Very high	−0.02 m	20 km
Wapiti River near Grande PrairieRiver gauge, Wapiti River	95.58 m	Very high	−0.03 m	23 km
Grande Prairie Creek near SexsmithRiver gauge, Grande Prairie Creek	1.08 m	Very high	+0.05 m	33 km
Big Mountain Creek at Big Mountain Creek Provincial Recreational AreaRiver gauge, Big Mountain Creek	93.93 m	No reference yet	+0.08 m	40 km
Saddle River near WokingRiver gauge, Saddle River	1.13 m	Very high	−0.05 m	49 km
Sturgeon Lake near ValleyviewLake, Sturgeon Lake	676.90 m	Very high	±0	59 km
Bear River near Valhalla CentreRiver gauge, Bear River	2.00 m	Low	±0	62 km
Beaverlodge River near BeaverlodgeRiver gauge, Beaverlodge River	1.03 m	Normal	−0.01 m	62 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Kleskun Hills Main Drain near Grande Prairie in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.55 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.44 m and 0.67 m, based on 14 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 0.54 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Kleskun Hills Main Drain near Grande Prairie today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 05:40 AM MDT, the water level was 0.54 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Kleskun Hills Main Drain near Grande Prairie rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Kleskun Hills Main Drain near Grande Prairie normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 14 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:07GE002 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 55.22475, -118.46170 (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	0.54 m	2026-10-20 11:40	Provisional
Flow	0.00 m³/s	2026-10-20 11:40	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Kleskun Hills Main Drain near Grande Prairie (eccc:07GE002). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/alberta/kleskun-hills-main-drain-near-grande-prairie

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