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SwedenCoppermine River above Copper Creek water level
River gauge, Coppermine River, Nunavut, Canada
Right now
Very low for mid-October
Water level
- Flow
- 182 m³/s
History
What this means
The Coppermine River above Copper Creek is running far below normal at 16.96 m.
The median for mid-October is 17.58 m, based on 17 years of readings, so the water level is 0.62 m below typical.
It has dropped 0.17 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 16.94 m and 18.53 m.
Fall is often low-water season on rivers, and it usually takes a few days of steady rain to change that.
Compared with 17 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels
Key numbers
- Median for this date
- 17.58 m0.62 m below the median for this date
- Normal for this date
- 17.25 m – 18.45 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (17 years of records)
- Lowest and highest in 30 days
- 16.94 m – 18.53 m
- Lowest and highest in 12 months
- 17.08 m – 17.60 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 Coppermine River
The Coppermine River is a river in the North Slave and Kitikmeot regions of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada. It is 845 kilometres (525 mi) long. It rises in Lac de Gras, a small lake near Great Slave Lake, and flows generally north to Coronation Gulf, an arm of the Arctic Ocean. The river freezes in winter but may still flow under the ice.
Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
Weather at the gauge
Rain in the last 3 days: 12 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.
Forecast: Open-Meteo
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Questions and answers
What is a normal level for the Coppermine River above Copper Creek in mid-October?
The median for mid-October is 17.58 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 17.25 m and 18.45 m, based on 17 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 16.96 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.
What is the water level of Coppermine River above Copper Creek today?
On Oct 19, 2026, 07:15 AM MDT, the water level was 16.96 m. Down 0.17 m over the last 24 hours.
Is Coppermine River above Copper Creek rising or falling?
Down 0.17 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.17 m over the last 7 days.
Is the level of Coppermine River above Copper Creek normal?
Very low for mid-October. Compared with 17 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:10PC004(Agency page)- Coordinates
67.22833, -115.88889(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 | 16.96 m | 2026-10-19 13:15 | Provisional |
| Flow | 182 m³/s | 2026-10-19 12:15 | Provisional |
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How to cite
Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Coppermine River above Copper Creek (eccc:10PC004). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/nunavut/coppermine-river-above-copper-creek
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