Omands Creek near Empress Street East water level

Name: Omands Creek near Empress Street East 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, Omands Creek, Manitoba, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

3.62m Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 04:10 PM CDT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 0.10 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Omands Creek near Empress Street East is running below normal at 3.62 m.

The median for mid-October is 3.71 m, based on 12 years of readings, so the water level is 0.09 m below typical.

It has risen 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 3.57 m and 3.89 m.

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

Compared with 12 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 3.71 m0.09 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 3.57 m – 4.20 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (12 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 3.57 m – 3.89 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 3.60 m – 3.77 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.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

20 Tue 19° 5° – Wind 20 km/h

21 Wed 15° 4° – Wind 16 km/h

22 Thu 20° 2° – Wind 19 km/h

23 Fri 21° 14° 1.9 mm, 40% Wind 26 km/h

24 Sat 19° 7° – Wind 32 km/h

25 Sun 6° 2° – Wind 29 km/h

26 Mon 6° 0° – Wind 12 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:59 AM Sunset 06:29 PM Daylight 10 hr, 30 min Waxing gibbous 72%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Red River at James Avenue Pumping StationRiver gauge, Red River	223.01 m	Normal	−0.12 m	4.8 km
Sturgeon Creek at St. JamesRiver gauge, Sturgeon Creek	2.08 m	Low	−0.01 m	6.1 km
Red River near St. NorbertRiver gauge, Red River	223.19 m	Normal	−0.10 m	12 km
Grassmere Creek Drain near MiddlechurchRiver gauge, Grassmere Creek Drain	227.39 m	Normal	±0	14 km
Red River below Floodway Control StructureRiver gauge, Red River	223.42 m	Very low	±0	15 km
Assiniboine River at HeadingleyRiver gauge, Assiniboine River	231.81 m	High	±0	15 km
Red River above Red River FloodwayRiver gauge, Red River	223.38 m	Normal	−0.06 m	17 km
Seine River South of Prairie GroveRiver gauge	1.06 m	Low	+0.04 m	21 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Omands Creek near Empress Street East in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 3.71 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 3.57 m and 4.20 m, based on 12 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 3.62 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Omands Creek near Empress Street East today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 04:10 PM CDT, the water level was 3.62 m. Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Omands Creek near Empress Street East rising or falling?

Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.08 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Omands Creek near Empress Street East normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 12 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:05MJ013 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.88424, -97.19473 (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	3.62 m	2026-10-20 21:10	Provisional
Flow	0.10 m³/s	2026-10-20 21:10	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Omands Creek near Empress Street East (eccc:05MJ013). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/manitoba/omands-creek-near-empress-street-east

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