Coles Creek at Miltonvale Pumping Station water level

Name: Coles Creek at Miltonvale Pumping Station 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, Coles Creek, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Directions

Normal for late October

Water level

0.96m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 21, 2026, 01:00 AM ADT (2 hours ago)

Flow: 0.09 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Coles Creek at Miltonvale Pumping Station is at 0.96 m, in the normal range for late October.

That puts it 0.03 m below the median of 0.99 m for late October, based on 11 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.96 m and 1.00 m.

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

Compared with 11 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 0.99 m0.03 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.84 m – 1.03 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.96 m – 1.00 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.96 m – 1.02 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: 2.9 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 12° 5° – Wind 24 km/h

21 Wed 8° 4° – Wind 13 km/h

22 Thu 10° 5° 0.4 mm, 38% Wind 23 km/h

23 Fri 6° 4° 0.3 mm, 67% Wind 40 km/h

24 Sat 9° 1° – Wind 24 km/h

25 Sun 14° 4° – Wind 26 km/h

26 Mon 16° 9° – Wind 28 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:39 AM Sunset 06:17 PM Daylight 10 hr, 39 min Waxing gibbous 74%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Winter River at UnionRiver gauge, Winter River	0.34 m	Normal	−0.01 m	5.6 km
Winter River near SuffolkRiver gauge, Winter River	1.18 m	High	±0	10 km
West River at RiverdaleRiver gauge, West River	1.10 m	Normal	±0	15 km
Dunk River at Wall RoadRiver gauge, Dunk River	0.64 m	Normal	±0	34 km
Wilmot River near Wilmot ValleyRiver gauge, Wilmot River	0.78 m	High	±0	37 km
Barbara Weit Stream at Cavendish FarmRiver gauge, Barbara Weit Stream	0.86 m	Normal	±0	39 km
Bear River at St. MargaretsRiver gauge, Bear River	0.54 m	Normal	−0.01 m	64 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Coles Creek at Miltonvale Pumping Station in late October?

The median for late October is 0.99 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.84 m and 1.03 m, based on 11 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 0.96 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Coles Creek at Miltonvale Pumping Station today?

On Oct 21, 2026, 01:00 AM ADT, the water level was 0.96 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Coles Creek at Miltonvale Pumping Station rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Coles Creek at Miltonvale Pumping Station normal?

Normal for late October. Compared with 11 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:01CC011 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 46.31025, -63.19489 (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	0.96 m	2026-10-21 04:00	Provisional
Flow	0.09 m³/s	2026-10-21 04:00	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Coles Creek at Miltonvale Pumping Station (eccc:01CC011). Accessed October 21, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/prince-edward-island/coles-creek-at-miltonvale-pumping-station

How we check values

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer