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Indian Brook at Indian Brook water level

River gauge, Indian Brook, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.68m Down 0.07 m over the last 24 hours

Flow
4.43 m³/s
0.6 0.7 0.8

History

0.60.8mOct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 17Oct 190.60.8mOct 12Oct 16Oct 19
0.60.81.0mSep 19Sep 27Oct 4Oct 12Oct 190.60.81.0mSep 19Oct 4Oct 19
Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Indian Brook at Indian Brook is at 0.68 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 0.71 m, based on 12 years of readings, so the water level is 0.03 m below typical.

It has dropped 0.07 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.54 m and 0.84 m.

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

Compared with 12 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date
0.71 m0.03 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.55 m – 0.85 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (12 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.54 m – 0.84 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.54 m – 0.76 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

Rain in the last 3 days: 20 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 7° 1° 0.3 mm Wind 22 km/h
19 Mon 11° 2° – Wind 23 km/h
20 Tue 13° 6° – Wind 14 km/h
21 Wed 11° 5° – Wind 16 km/h
22 Thu 9° 7° 1.3 mm, 53% Wind 20 km/h
23 Fri 7° 4° 5.6 mm, 67% Wind 30 km/h
24 Sat 9° 1° – Wind 20 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:25 AM Sunset 06:10 PM Daylight 10 hr, 45 min First quarter 59%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Northeast Margaree River at Margaree ValleyRiver gauge, Northeast Margaree River 0.57 m Normal −0.13 m 34 km
Middle River at Maclennans CrossRiver gauge, Middle River 1.23 m Normal −0.04 m 37 km
Cheticamp River above Robert BrookRiver gauge, Cheticamp River 1.14 m Normal −0.11 m 44 km
Southwest Margaree River near Upper MargareeRiver gauge, Southwest Margaree River 0.95 m Normal −0.01 m 49 km
Macaskills Brook near Birch GroveRiver gauge, Macaskills Brook 0.82 m Very low −0.03 m 50 km
River Denys at Big MarshRiver gauge, River Denys 1.86 m High −0.02 m 74 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Indian Brook at Indian Brook in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.71 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.55 m and 0.85 m, based on 12 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 0.68 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Indian Brook at Indian Brook today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 09:10 AM ADT, the water level was 0.68 m. Down 0.07 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Indian Brook at Indian Brook rising or falling?

Down 0.07 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.07 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Indian Brook at Indian Brook normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 12 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:01FE002 (Agency page)
Coordinates
46.37172, -60.53369 (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 0.68 m 2026-10-19 12:10 Provisional
Flow 4.43 m³/s 2026-10-19 12:10 Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Indian Brook at Indian Brook (eccc:01FE002). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/nova-scotia/indian-brook-at-indian-brook

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