Pouce Coupe River below Henderson Creek water level

Name: Pouce Coupe River below Henderson Creek 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, Pouce Coupe River, British Columbia, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

10.06m Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 12:30 PM PDT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 0.61 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At 10.06 m, the Pouce Coupe River below Henderson Creek is below normal for mid-October.

That puts it 0.29 m below the median of 10.35 m for mid-October, based on 15 years of readings.

The water is rising: up 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 9.87 m and 10.43 m.

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

Compared with 15 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 10.35 m0.29 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 10.02 m – 10.64 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (15 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 9.87 m – 10.43 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 9.87 m – 10.29 m

Conditions at Pouce Coupe River below Henderson Creek

Low water means shallow riffles on canoe trips and warmer water for fish.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 9° 1° – Wind 16 km/h

20 Tue 11° 1° – Wind 20 km/h

21 Wed 14° 5° 0.2 mm Wind 17 km/h

22 Thu 8° 2° 0.9 mm, 33% Wind 14 km/h

23 Fri 4° -3° 3.9 mm, 41% Wind 15 km/h

24 Sat 3° -3° – Wind 14 km/h

25 Sun -3° -8° – Wind 8 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:40 AM Sunset 05:51 PM Daylight 10 hr, 11 min First quarter 62%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Peace River above Alces RiverRiver gauge, Peace River	3.80 m	Very high	+0.07 m	29 km
Kiskatinaw River near FarmingtonRiver gauge, Kiskatinaw River	14.8 m³/s	Very high	+4.89 m³/s	35 km
Peace River near TaylorRiver gauge, Peace River	3.38 m	Very high	+0.01 m	50 km
Clear River near Bear CanyonRiver gauge, Clear River	0.66 m	Very low	−0.01 m	54 km
Peace River above Pine RiverRiver gauge, Peace River	1.82 m	High	±0	61 km
Beatton River near Fort St. JohnRiver gauge, Beatton River	2.12 m	Normal	+0.01 m	62 km
Bear River near Valhalla CentreRiver gauge, Bear River	2.00 m	Low	±0	66 km
Eureka River near WorsleyRiver gauge, Eureka River	1.55 m	Normal	−0.01 m	86 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Pouce Coupe River below Henderson Creek in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 10.35 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 10.02 m and 10.64 m, based on 15 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 10.06 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Pouce Coupe River below Henderson Creek today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 12:30 PM PDT, the water level was 10.06 m. Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Pouce Coupe River below Henderson Creek rising or falling?

Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Pouce Coupe River below Henderson Creek normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 15 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:07FD007 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 55.86519, -120.03042 (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	10.06 m	2026-10-19 19:30	Provisional
Flow	0.61 m³/s	2026-10-19 19:30	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Pouce Coupe River below Henderson Creek (eccc:07FD007). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/pouce-coupe-river-below-henderson-creek

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