Conestogo River at St. Jacobs water level

Name: Conestogo River at St. Jacobs water level (Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada)
Creator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
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River gauge, Conestogo River, Ontario, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.28m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 06:50 PM EDT (30 min ago)

Flow: 3.51 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The Conestogo River at St. Jacobs is at 0.28 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 0.32 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the water level is 0.04 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.22 m, a difference of +0.06 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.25 m and 0.49 m.

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

Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 0.32 m0.04 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.22 m – 0.53 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Same day last year: 0.22 m+0.06 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.25 m – 0.49 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.18 m – 1.13 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 Conestogo River

The Conestogo River is a river in Waterloo Region and Wellington County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The river was named by Mennonite settlers after the Conestoga River in Pennsylvania. In the 1800s there were several different spellings of the name of the river and of the nearby settlement of Conestogo, Ontario but the name ending in "o" became official.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 9.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 16° 2° – Wind 26 km/h

19 Mon 18° 2° – Wind 17 km/h

20 Tue 16° 3° – Wind 18 km/h

21 Wed 16° 4° – Wind 9 km/h

22 Thu 19° 7° – Wind 21 km/h

23 Fri 11° 1° – Wind 19 km/h

24 Sat 14° 0° – Wind 21 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:40 AM Sunset 06:36 PM Daylight 10 hr, 55 min First quarter 53%

Map

Other gauges on the Conestogo River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Conestogo River at Glen AllanRiver gauge, Conestogo River	0.70 m	Low	±0	17 km
Conestogo River near BosworthRiver gauge, Conestogo River	4.14 m	No reference yet	+0.04 m	27 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Canagagigue Creek near ElmiraRiver gauge, Canagagigue Creek	9.78 m	High	±0	5.6 km
Grand River at West MontroseRiver gauge, Grand River	11.10 m	Low	±0	7.6 km
Laurel Creek at WaterlooRiver gauge, Laurel Creek	2.88 m	Low	−0.01 m	8.3 km
Grand River near DoonRiver gauge, Grand River	4.02 m	Low	±0	18 km
Alder Creek near New DundeeRiver gauge, Alder Creek	12.88 m	Normal	±0	19 km
Irvine River near SalemRiver gauge, Irvine River	1.72 m	Very low	−0.01 m	19 km
Hunsburger Creek near Wilmot CentreRiver gauge, Hunsburger Creek	0.88 m	Low	±0	21 km
Speed River at CambridgeRiver gauge, Speed River	0.65 m	Normal	−0.01 m	22 km

Questions and answers

Is the Conestogo River at St. Jacobs higher than last year?

Yes, it is 0.06 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.22 m.

What is a normal level for the Conestogo River at St. Jacobs in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.32 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.22 m and 0.53 m, based on 21 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 0.28 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Conestogo River at St. Jacobs today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 06:50 PM EDT, the water level was 0.28 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Conestogo River at St. Jacobs rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Conestogo River at St. Jacobs normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 21 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.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:02GA006 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 43.54111, -80.55333 (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	0.28 m	2026-10-18 22:50	Provisional
Flow	3.51 m³/s	2026-10-18 22:50	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Conestogo River at St. Jacobs (eccc:02GA006). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/conestogo-river-at-st-jacobs

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