Pearson Creek near the Mouth water level

Name: Pearson Creek near the Mouth 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, Pearson Creek, British Columbia, Canada

Directions

Very low for mid-October

Water level

1.29m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 03:40 AM MDT (49 min ago)

Flow: 0.06 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Pearson Creek near the Mouth is running far below normal at 1.29 m.

That puts it 0.10 m below the median of 1.39 m for mid-October, based on 5 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 1.27 m and 1.50 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, and it usually takes a few days of steady rain to change that.

Compared with 5 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 1.39 m0.10 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 1.33 m – 1.45 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (5 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 1.27 m – 1.50 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 1.27 m – 1.44 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

No rain in the last 3 days.

20 Tue 13° 2° – Wind 5 km/h

21 Wed 18° 6° – Wind 10 km/h

22 Thu 16° 6° – Wind 8 km/h

23 Fri 8° 0° – Wind 19 km/h

24 Sat 8° -1° – Wind 10 km/h

25 Sun 8° -2° – Wind 9 km/h

26 Mon 10° -2° – Wind 9 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:27 AM Sunset 06:57 PM Daylight 10 hr, 30 min First quarter 67%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Belgo Creek below Hilda CreekRiver gauge, Belgo Creek	1.15 m	Normal	−0.04 m	13 km
West Kettle River near McCullochRiver gauge, West Kettle River	1.17 m	Low	±0	21 km
Mission Creek near East KelownaRiver gauge, Mission Creek	0.46 m	Very low	+0.01 m	25 km
Clark Creek near WinfieldRiver gauge, Clark Creek	0.81 m	Very low	±0	27 km
Okanagan Lake at KelownaLake, Okanagan Lake	1.13 m	Very low	±0	31 km
Trapping Creek near the MouthRiver gauge, Trapping Creek	0.67 m	Low	±0	36 km
Dennis Creek near 1780 Metre ContourRiver gauge, Dennis Creek	0.00 m³/s	Very low	±0	37 km
Coldstream Creek at Coldstream Creek RoadRiver gauge, Coldstream Creek	4.19 m	Very low	±0	38 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Pearson Creek near the Mouth in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 1.39 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 1.33 m and 1.45 m, based on 5 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 1.29 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Pearson Creek near the Mouth today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 03:40 AM MDT, the water level was 1.29 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Pearson Creek near the Mouth rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Pearson Creek near the Mouth normal?

Very low for mid-October. Compared with 5 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:08NM172 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.88675, -119.06136 (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	1.29 m	2026-10-20 09:40	Provisional
Flow	0.06 m³/s	2026-10-20 09:40	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Pearson Creek near the Mouth (eccc:08NM172). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/pearson-creek-near-the-mouth

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