Twenty Mile Creek at Balls Falls water level

Name: Twenty Mile Creek at Balls Falls 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, Twenty Mile Creek, Ontario, Canada

Directions

Low for mid-October

Water level

5.54m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 04:35 PM EDT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 0.03 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

20252026

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Twenty Mile Creek at Balls Falls is running below normal at 5.54 m.

That puts it 0.04 m below the median of 5.58 m for mid-October, based on 21 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 5.52 m (+0.02 m).

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 5.53 m and 5.62 m.

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

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

Key numbers

Median for this date: 5.58 m0.04 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 5.50 m – 5.88 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Same day last year: 5.52 m+0.02 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 5.53 m – 5.62 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 5.53 m – 6.46 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 Twenty Mile Creek

The Twenty Mile Creek is a minor waterway, located in the Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada. The creek is named for the location of its mouth, twenty miles (32 km) west of the Niagara River along the Lake Ontario shoreline. It is also known by the Indigenous name for the creek, which is located within the Mississauga traditional territory, of Kenachdaw, which translates to Lead River.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 6.2 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 21° 8° – Wind 19 km/h

20 Tue 15° 7° – Wind 19 km/h

21 Wed 13° 5° – Wind 15 km/h

22 Thu 15° 6° – Wind 9 km/h

23 Fri 14° 7° – Wind 21 km/h

24 Sat 14° 5° – Wind 13 km/h

25 Sun 18° 7° – Wind 29 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:36 AM Sunset 06:30 PM Daylight 10 hr, 53 min First quarter 62%

Map

Other gauges on Twenty Mile Creek

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Twenty Mile Creek above SmithvilleRiver gauge, Twenty Mile Creek	2.89 m	Low	±0	15 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Twelve Mile Creek near Power GlenRiver gauge, Twelve Mile Creek	5.10 m	Normal	±0	9.1 km
Welland River below Caistor CornersRiver gauge, Welland River	0.86 m	Very low	±0	23 km
Four Mile Creek near VirgilRiver gauge, Four Mile Creek	7.76 m	Very high	±0	23 km
Oswego Creek at CanboroughRiver gauge, Oswego Creek	2.19 m	Normal	−0.01 m	29 km
Fourteen Mile Creek at OakvilleRiver gauge, Fourteen Mile Creek	1.27 m	Very low	±0	41 km
Grindstone Creek at Hidden Valley ParkRiver gauge, Grindstone Creek	8.33 m	High	±0	43 km
Niagara River at Fort ErieRiver gauge, Niagara River	172.34 m	Normal	−0.05 m	44 km
McKenzie Creek near CaledoniaRiver gauge, McKenzie Creek	1.22 m	Normal	±0	47 km

Questions and answers

How does Twenty Mile Creek at Balls Falls compare with last year?

It is 0.02 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 5.52 m.

What is a normal level for Twenty Mile Creek at Balls Falls in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 5.58 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 5.50 m and 5.88 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 5.54 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Twenty Mile Creek at Balls Falls today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 04:35 PM EDT, the water level was 5.54 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Twenty Mile Creek at Balls Falls rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Twenty Mile Creek at Balls Falls normal?

Low 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:02HA006 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 43.13347, -79.38325 (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	5.54 m	2026-10-19 20:35	Provisional
Flow	0.03 m³/s	2026-10-19 20:35	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Twenty Mile Creek at Balls Falls (eccc:02HA006). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/twenty-mile-creek-at-balls-falls

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