Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake water level

Name: Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno 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

River gauge, Wannock River, British Columbia, Canada

Directions

Normal for late October

Flow

333m³/s Down 61.0 m³/s over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 21, 2026, 01:15 AM PDT (1 hour ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Flow Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake reads 333 m³/s, a normal level for late October.

The median for late October is 288 m³/s, based on 20 years of readings, so the flow is 45.0 m³/s above typical.

The level is falling, down 61.00 m³/s over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 125 m³/s and 524 m³/s.

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

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

Key numbers

Median for this date: 288 m³/s45.0 m³/s above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 124 m³/s – 754 m³/s8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 125 m³/s – 524 m³/s
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 130 m³/s – 515 m³/s

Conditions at Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake

Paddlers should check the trend as well as the level; summer storms can raise rivers quickly.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 54 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 17° 4° – Wind 10 km/h

21 Wed 14° 7° 1.5 mm, 90% Wind 5 km/h

22 Thu 12° 4° 0.5 mm, 50% Wind 9 km/h

23 Fri 11° 2° 0.4 mm, 20% Wind 7 km/h

24 Sat 8° 5° 29 mm, 63% Wind 11 km/h

25 Sun 14° 7° 0.3 mm, 29% Wind 10 km/h

26 Mon 18° 6° – Wind 10 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:04 AM Sunset 06:24 PM Daylight 10 hr, 20 min Waxing gibbous 76%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Owikeno Lake at Rivers InletLake, Owikeno Lake	2.43 m	Normal	−0.17 m	1.7 km
Wakeman River below Atwaykellesse RiverRiver gauge, Wakeman River	3.33 m	Normal	−0.09 m	81 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake in late October?

The median for late October is 288 m³/s. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 124 m³/s and 754 m³/s, based on 20 years of records.

What is the water level of Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake today?

On Oct 21, 2026, 01:15 AM PDT, the flow was 333 m³/s. Down 61.0 m³/s over the last 24 hours.

Is Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake rising or falling?

Down 61.0 m³/s over the last 24 hours. Up 12.0 m³/s over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake normal?

Normal for late 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:08FA002 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.67917, -127.17917 (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
Flow	333 m³/s	2026-10-21 08:15	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake (eccc:08FA002). Accessed October 21, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/wannock-river-at-outlet-of-owikeno-lake

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