Frenchman River at Ravenscrag water level

Name: Frenchman River at Ravenscrag 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, Frenchman River, Saskatchewan, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Surface elevation

948.96m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 04:25 AM CST (54 min ago)

Flow: 0.20 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days

Surface elevation Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Frenchman River at Ravenscrag, where the gauge shows 948.96 m.

The median for mid-October is 948.97 m, based on 15 years of readings, so the water level is 0.01 m below typical.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 948.94 m – 948.98 m.

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

Compared with 15 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 948.97 m0.01 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 948.93 m – 949.04 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (15 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 948.94 m – 948.98 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 948.94 m – 948.97 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 Frenchman River

Frenchman River, also known as Frenchman Creek and Whitemud River, is a river in Saskatchewan, Canada, and Montana, United States. It is a tributary of the Milk River, itself a tributary of the Missouri and, in turn, part of the Mississippi River watershed, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico. The river is approximately 341 kilometers (212 mi) long.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

18 Sun 13° 2° – Wind 20 km/h

19 Mon 16° 2° – Wind 16 km/h

20 Tue 13° 7° – Wind 22 km/h

21 Wed 15° 4° – Wind 27 km/h

22 Thu 19° 8° – Wind 15 km/h

23 Fri 13° 2° 2.0 mm, 51% Wind 36 km/h

24 Sat 5° 0° 0.1 mm, 41% Wind 32 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:43 AM Sunset 06:21 PM Daylight 10 hr, 39 min First quarter 49%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Eastend ReservoirReservoir	917.66 m	Normal	−0.02 m	17 km
Cypress Lake East Outflow CanalCanal gauge	1.19 m	Normal	±0	19 km
Belanger Creek Diversion to Cypress LakeCanal gauge	0.03 m	Very low	±0	20 km
Cypress LakeLake	974.10 m	Very low	±0	22 km
McKinnon Ditch near ConsulRiver gauge, McKinnon Ditch	0.53 m	Low	±0	34 km
Richardson Ditch near ConsulRiver gauge, Richardson Ditch	0.68 m	Normal	±0	36 km
Cypress Lake West Outflow CanalCanal gauge	0.25 m	Very low	±0	36 km
Cypress Lake West Inflow Canal DrainCanal gauge	0.35 m	Very low	±0	38 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Frenchman River at Ravenscrag in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 948.97 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 948.93 m and 949.04 m, based on 15 years of records.

Is Frenchman River at Ravenscrag really 948.96 m deep?

No. 948.96 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 Frenchman River at Ravenscrag today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 04:25 AM CST, the surface elevation was 948.96 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Frenchman River at Ravenscrag rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Up 0.01 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Frenchman River at Ravenscrag normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 15 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:11AC017 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.49178, -109.08883 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA DATUM PRIOR TO 1928 ADJ.
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	948.96 m	2026-10-18 10:25	Provisional
Flow	0.20 m³/s	2026-10-18 10:25	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Frenchman River at Ravenscrag (eccc:11AC017). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/saskatchewan/frenchman-river-at-ravenscrag

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