Exploits River at Badger water level

Name: Exploits River at Badger 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, Exploits River, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Surface elevation

96.00m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 09:30 AM GMT-2:30 (1 hour ago)

Flow: 131 m³/s

History

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Surface elevation Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The Exploits River at Badger is at 96.00 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

That puts it 0.01 m below the median of 96.01 m for mid-October, based on 20 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 95.88 m and 96.01 m.

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

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 96.01 m0.01 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 95.86 m – 96.14 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 95.88 m – 96.01 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 95.88 m – 96.00 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.

About the Exploits River

The Exploits River is a river in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It flows through the Exploits Valley in the central part of Newfoundland.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 32 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 6° 0° 0.5 mm Wind 28 km/h

19 Mon 8° -2° – Wind 26 km/h

20 Tue 10° 4° – Wind 20 km/h

21 Wed 6° 3° – Wind 10 km/h

22 Thu 8° 1° – Wind 12 km/h

23 Fri 3° 1° 1.5 mm, 49% Wind 31 km/h

24 Sat 6° 0° – Wind 25 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:40 AM Sunset 06:20 PM Daylight 10 hr, 41 min First quarter 49%

Map

Other gauges on the Exploits River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Exploits River at Charlie Edwards PointRiver gauge, Exploits River	70.59 m	Normal	−0.01 m	18 km
Exploits River below Noel Pauls BrookRiver gauge, Exploits River	6.03 m	Normal	±0	23 km
Exploits River near MillertownRiver gauge, Exploits River	2.30 m	Normal	+0.14 m	47 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Badger Brook below Foot BridgeRiver gauge, Badger Brook	97.09 m	High	+0.02 m	0.7 km
Great Rattling Brook above Tote River ConfluenceRiver gauge, Great Rattling Brook	3.70 m	Normal	±0	40 km
Beothuk Lake at Indian PointLake, Beothuk Lake	154.01 m	Very high	+0.07 m	44 km
Peters River near BotwoodRiver gauge, Peters River	1.30 m	Very high	−0.03 m	49 km
Indian Brook Diversion above Birchy LakeCanal gauge, Indian Brook Diversion	3.76 m	High	−0.01 m	61 km
Sheffield Brook near Trans Canada HighwayRiver gauge, Sheffield Brook	2.12 m	High	±0	61 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Exploits River at Badger in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 96.01 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 95.86 m and 96.14 m, based on 20 years of records.

Is Exploits River at Badger really 96.00 m deep?

No. 96.00 m is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

What is the water level of Exploits River at Badger today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 09:30 AM GMT-2:30, the surface elevation was 96.00 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Exploits River at Badger rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Up 0.11 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Exploits River at Badger normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 20 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:02YO013 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 48.97494, -56.03436 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA 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
Surface elevation	96.00 m	2026-10-18 12:00	Provisional
Flow	131 m³/s	2026-10-18 12:00	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Exploits River at Badger (eccc:02YO013). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/newfoundland-and-labrador/exploits-river-at-badger

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