Indian Brook Diversion above Birchy Lake water level

Name: Indian Brook Diversion above Birchy Lake 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

Canal gauge, Indian Brook Diversion, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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High for mid-October

Water level

3.69m Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 04:40 AM GMT-2:30 (1 hour ago)

Flow: 8.99 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Indian Brook Diversion above Birchy Lake is above normal at 3.69 m.

That puts it 0.13 m above the median of 3.57 m for mid-October, based on 15 years of readings.

It has dropped 0.04 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 3.41 m and 3.78 m.

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

Key numbers

Median for this date: 3.57 m0.13 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 3.37 m – 3.80 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (15 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 3.41 m – 3.78 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 3.41 m – 3.76 m

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 9.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 11° 3° – Wind 25 km/h

21 Wed 8° 3° – Wind 16 km/h

22 Thu 7° 3° 0.6 mm, 35% Wind 18 km/h

23 Fri 5° 2° 24 mm, 73% Wind 39 km/h

24 Sat 6° 2° 13 mm, 56% Wind 27 km/h

25 Sun 6° 0° 0.3 mm, 20% Wind 19 km/h

26 Mon 9° 1° 0.5 mm Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:46 AM Sunset 06:18 PM Daylight 10 hr, 32 min First quarter 66%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Sheffield Brook near Trans Canada HighwayRiver gauge, Sheffield Brook	2.09 m	Normal	−0.02 m	5.0 km
Boot Brook at Trans-Canada HighwayRiver gauge, Boot Brook	1.06 m	Normal	−0.05 m	37 km
Upper Humber River near ReidvilleRiver gauge, Upper Humber River	1.36 m	Normal	−0.07 m	56 km
Upper Humber River above Black BrookRiver gauge, Upper Humber River	1.16 m	Normal	−0.13 m	56 km
Badger Brook below Foot BridgeRiver gauge, Badger Brook	97.02 m	High	−0.04 m	60 km
Exploits River at BadgerRiver gauge, Exploits River	96.01 m	Normal	−0.02 m	61 km
Main River at Paradise PoolRiver gauge, Main River	1.30 m	Normal	−0.16 m	63 km
Exploits River below Noel Pauls BrookRiver gauge, Exploits River	6.08 m	Normal	−0.03 m	63 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Indian Brook Diversion above Birchy Lake in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 3.57 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 3.37 m and 3.80 m, based on 15 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 3.69 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Indian Brook Diversion above Birchy Lake today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 04:40 AM GMT-2:30, the water level was 3.69 m. Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Indian Brook Diversion above Birchy Lake rising or falling?

Down 0.04 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.05 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Indian Brook Diversion above Birchy Lake normal?

High 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:02YM004 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.36725, -56.61519 (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	3.69 m	2026-10-20 07:10	Provisional
Flow	8.99 m³/s	2026-10-20 07:10	Provisional

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