Pumphouse Stream above Drum Lake water level

Name: Pumphouse Stream above Drum 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, Pumphouse Stream, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Directions

High for mid-October

Water level

750.90m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 PM ADT (3 days ago)

Flow: 0.04 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days

Water level

What this means

The gauge at Pumphouse Stream above Drum Lake shows 750.90 m, above normal for mid-October.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 750.78 m and 750.91 m.

That stands out in fall, when many rivers are usually near their lowest.

Compared with 5 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days: 750.78 m – 750.91 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 750.77 m – 750.91 m

Conditions at Pumphouse Stream above Drum 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: 7.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 6° -3° 0.7 mm, 73% Wind 24 km/h

20 Tue 1° -1° 0.9 mm, 53% Wind 19 km/h

21 Wed 3° -3° – Wind 18 km/h

22 Thu 2° -2° 6.1 mm, 58% Wind 23 km/h

23 Fri -2° -5° 0.4 mm Wind 24 km/h

24 Sat 0° -5° 0.3 mm Wind 21 km/h

25 Sun 3° -4° 3.4 mm, 56% Wind 22 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:02 AM Sunset 06:25 PM Daylight 10 hr, 24 min First quarter 57%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Dumbell Stream above Dumbell LakeRiver gauge, Dumbell Stream	0.90 m	Low	+0.07 m	2.6 km
Luce Brook below Tinto PondRiver gauge, Luce Brook	1.38 m	Very low	±0	5.4 km
Wabush Lake at Dolomite RoadLake, Wabush Lake	1.42 m	Normal	−0.02 m	6.7 km
Flora Creek below Trans Labrador HighwayRiver gauge, Flora Creek	1.23 m	Normal	±0	8.3 km
Wabush Lake at Lake OutletLake, Wabush Lake	2.82 m	Normal	+0.03 m	22 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 750.90 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Pumphouse Stream above Drum Lake today?

On Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 PM ADT, the water level was 750.90 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Pumphouse Stream above Drum Lake rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Pumphouse Stream above Drum Lake normal?

High for mid-October. Compared with 5 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:03OA017 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 52.97931, -66.95714 (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	750.90 m	2026-10-16 15:00	Provisional
Flow	0.04 m³/s	2026-10-19 08:00	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Pumphouse Stream above Drum Lake (eccc:03OA017). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/newfoundland-and-labrador/pumphouse-stream-above-drum-lake

How we check values

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