Kettle Creek above St. Thomas water level

Name: Kettle Creek above St. Thomas 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, Kettle Creek, Ontario, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

5.61m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 05:35 PM EDT (56 min ago)

Flow: 0.31 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Kettle Creek above St. Thomas is at 5.61 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 5.60 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the water level is 0.01 m above typical. On the same day last year the reading was 5.54 m, a difference of +0.07 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 5.52 m and 5.77 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: 5.60 m0.01 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 5.53 m – 5.89 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Same day last year: 5.54 m+0.07 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 5.52 m – 5.77 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 5.52 m – 6.95 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 Kettle Creek

Kettle Creek is a creek in Elgin County in southwestern Ontario, Canada that empties into Lake Erie at Port Stanley. It drains an area of 520 square kilometres (200 sq mi). Dodd Creek is the major tributary.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.7 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 17° 1° – Wind 27 km/h

19 Mon 18° 3° – Wind 15 km/h

20 Tue 18° 4° – Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 17° 5° – Wind 13 km/h

22 Thu 19° 7° – Wind 14 km/h

23 Fri 16° 7° – Wind 17 km/h

24 Sat 17° 6° – Wind 21 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:42 AM Sunset 06:39 PM Daylight 10 hr, 57 min First quarter 53%

Map

Other gauges on Kettle Creek

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Kettle Creek at St. ThomasRiver gauge, Kettle Creek	6.08 m	Normal	−0.03 m	9.1 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Catfish Creek near SpartaRiver gauge, Catfish Creek	0.34 m	Normal	−0.01 m	12 km
Dodd Creek below Paynes MillsRiver gauge, Dodd Creek	1.50 m	Normal	−0.02 m	12 km
Catfish Creek at AylmerRiver gauge, Catfish Creek	2.92 m	Normal	−0.02 m	14 km
Thames River near EalingRiver gauge, Thames River	0.45 m	Normal	−0.02 m	17 km
Dingman Creek below LambethRiver gauge, Dingman Creek	4.85 m	Normal	−0.02 m	21 km
Thames River at ByronRiver gauge, Thames River	1.80 m	Normal	−0.02 m	21 km
Reynolds Creek near PutnamRiver gauge, Reynolds Creek	5.76 m	High	+0.06 m	22 km
Stoney Creek at LondonRiver gauge, Stoney Creek	7.06 m	Normal	−0.02 m	23 km

Questions and answers

Is Kettle Creek above St. Thomas higher than last year?

Yes, it is 0.07 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 5.54 m.

What is a normal level for Kettle Creek above St. Thomas in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 5.60 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 5.53 m and 5.89 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 5.61 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Kettle Creek above St. Thomas today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 05:35 PM EDT, the water level was 5.61 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Kettle Creek above St. Thomas rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.03 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Kettle Creek above St. Thomas 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:02GC029 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 42.83519, -81.13472 (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	5.61 m	2026-10-18 21:35	Provisional
Flow	0.31 m³/s	2026-10-18 21:35	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Kettle Creek above St. Thomas (eccc:02GC029). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/kettle-creek-above-st-thomas

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