Kitsumkalum River below Alice Creek water level

Name: Kitsumkalum River below Alice Creek 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, Kitsumkalum River, British Columbia, Canada

Directions

High for mid-October

Water level

3.89m Down 0.12 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 09:05 AM PDT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 137 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Kitsumkalum River below Alice Creek shows 3.89 m, above normal for mid-October.

That puts it 0.38 m above the median of 3.50 m for mid-October, based on 8 years of readings.

The level is falling, down 0.12 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 3.18 m and 4.11 m.

That stands out in fall, when many rivers are usually near their lowest.

Compared with 8 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 3.50 m0.38 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 3.07 m – 4.05 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (8 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 3.18 m – 4.11 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 3.22 m – 4.07 m

Conditions at Kitsumkalum River below Alice Creek

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: 24 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 9° 4° – Wind 9 km/h

21 Wed 6° 3° 8.2 mm, 98% Wind 9 km/h

22 Thu 5° 2° 4.5 mm, 80% Wind 6 km/h

23 Fri 7° 2° 0.1 mm Wind 6 km/h

24 Sat 8° 1° – Wind 10 km/h

25 Sun 9° 1° – Wind 10 km/h

26 Mon 10° 1° – Wind 10 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:14 AM Sunset 06:26 PM Daylight 10 hr, 12 min Waxing gibbous 70%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Skeena River at UskRiver gauge, Skeena River	5.96 m	Very high	−0.17 m	22 km
Zymoetz River above O.K. CreekRiver gauge, Zymoetz River	0.97 m	Low	−0.12 m	34 km
Clarence Creek near RosswoodRiver gauge, Clarence Creek	2.25 m	Normal	−0.03 m	35 km
Exchamsiks River near TerraceRiver gauge, Exchamsiks River	1.12 m	Normal	+0.08 m	51 km
Little Wedeene River below Bowbyes CreekRiver gauge, Little Wedeene River	1.02 m	Normal	−0.09 m	61 km
Ansedagan Creek near New AiyanshRiver gauge, Ansedagan Creek	4.48 m	Normal	−0.02 m	64 km
Kitwanga River near KitwangaRiver gauge, Kitwanga River	1.95 m	No reference yet	−0.03 m	66 km
Nass River above Shumal CreekRiver gauge, Nass River	4.55 m	Very high	−0.20 m	68 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Kitsumkalum River below Alice Creek in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 3.50 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 3.07 m and 4.05 m, based on 8 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 3.89 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Kitsumkalum River below Alice Creek today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 09:05 AM PDT, the water level was 3.89 m. Down 0.12 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Kitsumkalum River below Alice Creek rising or falling?

Down 0.12 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.27 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Kitsumkalum River below Alice Creek normal?

High for mid-October. Compared with 8 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:08EG019 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 54.67930, -128.74396 (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	3.89 m	2026-10-20 16:05	Provisional
Flow	137 m³/s	2026-10-20 16:05	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Kitsumkalum River below Alice Creek (eccc:08EG019). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/kitsumkalum-river-below-alice-creek

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