Poplar Creek near Fort McMurray water level

Name: Poplar Creek near Fort McMurray 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, Poplar Creek, Alberta, Canada

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Water level

97.11m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 03:55 PM MDT (47 min ago)

History

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Water level

What this means

The latest water level reported for Poplar Creek near Fort McMurray is 97.11 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 96.96 m and 97.12 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to +0.02 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Same day last year: 97.13 m−0.03 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 96.96 m – 97.12 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 96.91 m – 97.21 m

Conditions at Poplar Creek near Fort McMurray

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.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 8.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 10° 1° – Wind 10 km/h

20 Tue 10° 0° 0.2 mm, 31% Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 13° 4° – Wind 15 km/h

22 Thu 12° 2° – Wind 9 km/h

23 Fri 5° 1° 9.9 mm, 86% Wind 19 km/h

24 Sat 1° -1° 28 mm, 80% Wind 28 km/h

25 Sun -1° -3° 4.6 mm, 48% Wind 24 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:08 AM Sunset 06:15 PM Daylight 10 hr, 7 min First quarter 63%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Beaver River above SyncrudeRiver gauge, Beaver River	2.88 m	Very high	±0	7.4 km
Steepbank River near Fort McMurrayRiver gauge, Steepbank River	96.99 m	Normal	+0.01 m	10 km
Athabasca River below Fort McMurrayRiver gauge, Athabasca River	2.24 m	Very high	−0.04 m	15 km
Steepbank River below North Steepbank RiverRiver gauge, Steepbank River	97.71 m	Normal	+0.01 m	20 km
Hangingstone River at Fort McMurrayRiver gauge, Hangingstone River	2.31 m	High	±0	23 km
East Jackpine Creek near the 1300 Ft ContourRiver gauge, East Jackpine Creek	100.11 m	Normal	±0	24 km
Mackay River at Petro-Canada BridgeRiver gauge, Mackay River	96.59 m	Normal	+0.01 m	28 km
Clearwater River at DraperRiver gauge, Clearwater River	2.39 m	Normal	±0	28 km

Questions and answers

How does Poplar Creek near Fort McMurray compare with last year?

It is 0.03 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 97.13 m.

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 97.11 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Poplar Creek near Fort McMurray today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 03:55 PM MDT, the water level was 97.11 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Poplar Creek near Fort McMurray rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Poplar Creek near Fort McMurray normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

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:07DA007 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 56.91089, -111.46267 (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	97.11 m	2026-10-19 21:55	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Poplar Creek near Fort McMurray (eccc:07DA007). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/alberta/poplar-creek-near-fort-mcmurray

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