Mill Creek near Red Wing water level

Name: Mill Creek near Red Wing 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, Mill Creek, Ontario, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

5.85m Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 06:05 PM EDT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 0.45 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Mill Creek near Red Wing is running below normal at 5.85 m.

That puts it 0.06 m below the median of 5.91 m for mid-October, based on 20 years of readings.

It has dropped 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 5.77 m and 5.88 m.

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

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 5.91 m0.06 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 5.82 m – 6.02 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 5.77 m – 5.88 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 5.78 m – 5.88 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 Mill Creek

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 20 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 15° 5° – Wind 29 km/h

19 Mon 17° 8° – Wind 28 km/h

20 Tue 16° 4° – Wind 13 km/h

21 Wed 17° 5° – Wind 11 km/h

22 Thu 16° 7° – Wind 15 km/h

23 Fri 14° 4° – Wind 15 km/h

24 Sat 18° 5° – Wind 25 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:34 PM Daylight 10 hr, 53 min First quarter 54%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Beaver River near ClarksburgRiver gauge, Beaver River	0.59 m	Low	±0	6.3 km
Beaver River near VandeleurRiver gauge, Beaver River	7.14 m	Very low	−0.01 m	14 km
Bighead River near MeafordRiver gauge, Bighead River	10.37 m	Low	−0.03 m	17 km
Bighead River near StrathavonRiver gauge, Bighead River	7.17 m	Normal	−0.01 m	23 km
Pretty River at CollingwoodRiver gauge, Pretty River	1.88 m	Low	−0.02 m	23 km
Sydenham River near Owen SoundRiver gauge, Sydenham River	4.89 m	Very low	−0.01 m	36 km
Mad River at AveningRiver gauge, Mad River	1.06 m	Normal	−0.01 m	37 km
Grand River near DundalkRiver gauge, Grand River	1.66 m	Very high	±0	37 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Mill Creek near Red Wing in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 5.91 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 5.82 m and 6.02 m, based on 20 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 5.85 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Mill Creek near Red Wing today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 06:05 PM EDT, the water level was 5.85 m. Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Mill Creek near Red Wing rising or falling?

Down 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.05 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Mill Creek near Red Wing normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 20 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:02FB012 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 44.46423, -80.48576 (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	5.85 m	2026-10-18 22:05	Provisional
Flow	0.45 m³/s	2026-10-18 22:05	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Mill Creek near Red Wing (eccc:02FB012). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/mill-creek-near-red-wing

How we check values

Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.

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