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Blackstone River at Highway No. 7 water level

River gauge, Blackstone River, Northwest Territories, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

3.37m Up 0.04 m over the last 24 hours

Flow
0.40 m³/s
3.5 3.7

History

3.43.63.8mOct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 18Oct 203.43.63.8mOct 13Oct 17Oct 20
3.43.63.8mSep 20Sep 28Oct 5Oct 13Oct 203.43.63.8mSep 20Oct 5Oct 20
Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The Blackstone River at Highway No. 7 is running below normal at 3.37 m.

That puts it 0.18 m below the median of 3.55 m for mid-October, based on 20 years of readings.

It has risen 0.04 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 3.30 m and 3.39 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, and it usually takes a few days of steady rain to change that.

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date
3.55 m0.18 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
3.35 m – 3.80 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days
3.30 m – 3.39 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
3.32 m – 3.34 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 Blackstone River

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

20 Tue 11° 2° – Wind 30 km/h
21 Wed 12° 3° – Wind 29 km/h
22 Thu 3° -3° – Wind 13 km/h
23 Fri 2° -4° – Wind 3 km/h
24 Sat 2° -4° – Wind 8 km/h
25 Sun 5° -3° – Wind 11 km/h
26 Mon 2° -3° – Wind 9 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:07 AM Sunset 05:47 PM Daylight 9 hr, 40 min Waxing gibbous 69%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
South Nahanni River near Liard River ConfluenceRiver gauge, South Nahanni River 91.37 m No reference yet −0.02 m 27 km
Grainger River at Canadian Zinc RoadRiver gauge, Grainger River 8.18 m Low ±0 40 km
Birch River at Highway No. 7River gauge, Birch River 0.56 m Very low +0.01 m 53 km
Tetcela River at Canadian Zinc RoadRiver gauge, Tetcela River 7.54 m Low −0.03 m 64 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Blackstone River at Highway No. 7 in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 3.55 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 3.35 m and 3.80 m, based on 20 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 3.37 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Blackstone River at Highway No. 7 today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 06:30 AM PDT, the water level was 3.37 m. Up 0.04 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Blackstone River at Highway No. 7 rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Blackstone River at Highway No. 7 normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 20 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:10ED007 (Agency page)
Coordinates
61.06031, -122.89544 (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 3.37 m 2026-10-20 13:30 Provisional
Flow 0.40 m³/s 2026-10-16 21:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Blackstone River at Highway No. 7 (eccc:10ED007). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/northwest-territories/blackstone-river-at-highway-no-7

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