Bigknife Creek near Gadsby water level

Name: Bigknife Creek near Gadsby 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, Bigknife Creek, Alberta, Canada

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Water level

6.02m Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT (2 hours ago)

Flow: 0.00 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada has Bigknife Creek near Gadsby at 6.02 m. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It is still going down, by 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 6.02 m – 6.20 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days: 6.02 m – 6.20 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.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

19 Mon 11° 2° – Wind 11 km/h

20 Tue 12° 0° – Wind 18 km/h

21 Wed 18° 4° – Wind 21 km/h

22 Thu 15° 2° – Wind 9 km/h

23 Fri 6° 1° 2.1 mm, 59% Wind 33 km/h

24 Sat 3° 0° – Wind 36 km/h

25 Sun 0° -3° – Wind 24 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:03 AM Sunset 06:27 PM Daylight 10 hr, 25 min First quarter 62%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Battle River near ForestburgRiver gauge, Battle River	1.10 m	Very high	±0	6.4 km
Paintearth Creek near HalkirkRiver gauge, Paintearth Creek	1.28 m	Normal	±0	21 km
Buffalo Lake near ErskineLake, Buffalo Lake	779.59 m	Very low	±0	36 km
Young Creek near CastorRiver gauge, Young Creek	0.60 m	High	±0	51 km
Parlby Creek at AlixRiver gauge, Parlby Creek	0.32 m	Low	±0	58 km
Battle River at DuhamelRiver gauge, Battle River	12.56 m	High	−0.01 m	63 km
Battle River at Highway No. 872River gauge, Battle River	4.41 m	Very high	−0.02 m	65 km
Camrose Creek near CamroseRiver gauge, Camrose Creek	17.42 m	Normal	±0	66 km

Questions and answers

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 6.02 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Bigknife Creek near Gadsby today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT, the water level was 6.02 m. Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Bigknife Creek near Gadsby rising or falling?

Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Bigknife Creek near Gadsby normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

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:05FC002 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 52.51738, -112.35596 (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	6.02 m	2026-10-19 18:00	Provisional
Flow	0.00 m³/s	2026-10-19 18:00	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Bigknife Creek near Gadsby (eccc:05FC002). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/alberta/bigknife-creek-near-gadsby

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