Pembina River below Crystal Creek water level

Name: Pembina River below Crystal Creek 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, Pembina River, Manitoba, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

1.10m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 02:45 AM CDT (48 min ago)

Flow: 1.34 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The Pembina River below Crystal Creek is at 1.10 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

That puts it 0.20 m above the median of 0.90 m for mid-October, based on 19 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 1.06 m and 1.20 m.

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

Compared with 19 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 0.90 m0.20 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.59 m – 1.38 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (19 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 1.06 m – 1.20 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 1.06 m – 1.21 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 Pembina River

The Pembina River is a tributary of the Athabasca River in central Alberta, Canada. "Pembina" is an Indigenous word "Pimbina" (Cree) for the high bush cranberry or summerberry (Viburnum trilobum). The river gives the name to the Pembina oil field, an oil- and gas-producing region centered on Drayton Valley. The environmentalist group Pembina Institute also took its name from the river.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

19 Mon 15° -3° – Wind 14 km/h

20 Tue 19° 4° – Wind 21 km/h

21 Wed 15° 5° – Wind 16 km/h

22 Thu 20° 7° – Wind 20 km/h

23 Fri 19° 14° 0.1 mm, 37% Wind 33 km/h

24 Sat 17° 4° – Wind 40 km/h

25 Sun 4° 0° – Wind 39 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:04 AM Sunset 06:40 PM Daylight 10 hr, 36 min First quarter 57%

Map

Other gauges on the Pembina River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Pembina River near Outlet of Swan LakeRiver gauge, Pembina River	1.83 m³/s	Normal	−0.10 m³/s	21 km
Pembina River near La RiviereRiver gauge, Pembina River	392.74 m	Very high	+0.04 m	26 km
Pembina River above Lorne LakeRiver gauge, Pembina River	411.46 m	Normal	−0.09 m	32 km
Pembina River near WindygatesRiver gauge, Pembina River	337.38 m	Very high	−0.01 m	59 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Goudney Reservoir near Pilot MoundReservoir, Goudney Reservoir	451.77 m	High	±0	6.3 km
Rock Lake near GlenoraLake, Rock Lake	405.57 m	Very high	+0.01 m	7.4 km
Cypress Creek near ClearwaterRiver gauge, Cypress Creek	449.60 m	Normal	+0.03 m	15 km
Badger Creek near CartwrightRiver gauge, Badger Creek	93.67 m	Normal	±0	25 km
Cypress River near BruxellesRiver gauge, Cypress River	100.23 m	Very high	−0.01 m	27 km
Mary Jane Reservoir near La RiviereReservoir, Mary Jane Reservoir	468.31 m	Normal	−0.01 m	31 km
Long River near HolmfieldRiver gauge, Long River	468.37 m	Very high	−0.01 m	34 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Pembina River below Crystal Creek in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.90 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.59 m and 1.38 m, based on 19 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 1.10 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Pembina River below Crystal Creek today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 02:45 AM CDT, the water level was 1.10 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Pembina River below Crystal Creek rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Up 0.05 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Pembina River below Crystal Creek normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 19 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:05OB023 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.22161, -99.03447 (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	1.10 m	2026-10-19 07:45	Provisional
Flow	1.34 m³/s	2026-10-19 07:45	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Pembina River below Crystal Creek (eccc:05OB023). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/manitoba/pembina-river-below-crystal-creek

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