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Baker Creek at Quesnel water level

River gauge, Baker Creek, British Columbia, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

1.58m Steady over the last 24 hours

Flow
0.83 m³/s
1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9

History

1.61.8mOct 12Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 191.61.8mOct 12Oct 15Oct 19
1.61.8mSep 19Sep 26Oct 4Oct 11Oct 191.61.8mSep 19Oct 4Oct 19
Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Baker Creek at Quesnel, where the gauge shows 1.58 m.

That puts it 0.01 m below the median of 1.59 m for mid-October, based on 15 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 1.48 m – 1.60 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
1.59 m0.01 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
1.50 m – 1.89 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (15 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days
1.48 m – 1.60 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
1.49 m – 1.59 m

Freshet, ice and paddling

Open-water season is the time for canoe trips and fishing, though rapids change character with every few centimetres of water.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About Baker Creek

Baker Creek is a stream in Alberta, Canada.

Read more on Wikipedia

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 1° – Wind 13 km/h
19 Mon 12° 3° – Wind 6 km/h
20 Tue 13° 1° – Wind 12 km/h
21 Wed 12° 2° – Wind 11 km/h
22 Thu 8° 2° 1.2 mm, 44% Wind 15 km/h
23 Fri 9° 1° 1.2 mm, 37% Wind 11 km/h
24 Sat 5° -1° – Wind 19 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:44 AM Sunset 06:07 PM Daylight 10 hr, 23 min First quarter 56%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Quesnel River near QuesnelRiver gauge, Quesnel River 1.97 m Normal −0.02 m 24 km
West Road River near CinemaRiver gauge, West Road River −0.64 m Low ±0 45 km
Fraser River near MargueriteRiver gauge, Fraser River 3.08 m Normal −0.16 m 50 km
Little Swift River at the MouthRiver gauge, Little Swift River 1.21 m Normal −0.02 m 50 km
Sheridan Creek above McLeese LakeRiver gauge, Sheridan Creek 0.12 m Very low ±0 63 km
Quesnel River at LikelyRiver gauge, Quesnel River 75.1 m³/s Normal −1.00 m³/s 75 km
Quesnel Lake near LikelyLake, Quesnel Lake 0.51 m Normal −0.01 m 79 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Baker Creek at Quesnel in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 1.59 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 1.50 m and 1.89 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 Baker Creek at Quesnel today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 09:40 PM PDT, the water level was 1.58 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Baker Creek at Quesnel rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Baker Creek at Quesnel 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:08KE016 (Agency page)
Coordinates
52.97389, -122.50944 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 1.58 m 2026-10-19 04:40 Provisional
Flow 0.83 m³/s 2026-10-19 04:40 Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Baker Creek at Quesnel (eccc:08KE016). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/baker-creek-at-quesnel

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