Rat River near Fort McPherson water level

Name: Rat River near Fort McPherson 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, Rat River, Northwest Territories, Canada

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Latest reading

Water level

3.10m Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 08:15 AM PDT (2 hours ago)

Flow: 1.51 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days

Water level

What this means

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada has the Rat River near Fort McPherson at 3.10 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this river yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

It is still going down, by 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 3.10 m – 3.56 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.05 m.

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

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days: 3.10 m – 3.56 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 3.12 m – 3.61 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 the Rat River

The Rat River is a tributary of the Red River of the North in southern Manitoba, Canada. It is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 8.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue -4° -9° 3.6 mm, 100% Wind 8 km/h

21 Wed -4° -9° 5.3 mm, 100% Wind 13 km/h

22 Thu -7° -11° – Wind 28 km/h

23 Fri -6° -8° – Wind 36 km/h

24 Sat 2° -7° – Wind 49 km/h

25 Sun 3° 2° – Wind 46 km/h

26 Mon 3° 2° 1.0 mm Wind 34 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 09:25 AM Sunset 06:12 PM Daylight 8 hr, 47 min Waxing gibbous 70%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Peel River at Frog CreekRiver gauge, Peel River	2.85 m	High	+0.24 m	45 km
Peel River above Fort McPhersonRiver gauge, Peel River	4.92 m	Normal	+0.10 m	58 km
Mackenzie River (Peel Channel) above AklavikRiver gauge, Mackenzie River (Peel Channel)	10.78 m	Very high	±0	64 km

Questions and answers

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

What is the water level of Rat River near Fort McPherson today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 08:15 AM PDT, the water level was 3.10 m. Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Rat River near Fort McPherson rising or falling?

Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.05 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Rat River near Fort McPherson 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:10MC007 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 67.67694, -135.71806 (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	3.10 m	2026-10-20 15:15	Provisional
Flow	1.51 m³/s	2026-10-20 15:15	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Rat River near Fort McPherson (eccc:10MC007). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/northwest-territories/rat-river-near-fort-mcpherson

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