Quinsam River Diversion Headpond water level

Name: Quinsam River Diversion Headpond 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

Canal gauge, British Columbia, Canada

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Water level

302.32m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 16, 2026, 08:35 AM PDT (3 days ago)

History

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Water level

What this means

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada has the Quinsam River Diversion Headpond at 302.32 m. There is no published reference for this canal yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 301.07 m – 304.17 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.61 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days: 301.07 m – 304.17 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 302.32 m – 304.17 m

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 13° 6° – Wind 9 km/h

20 Tue 16° 5° – Wind 8 km/h

21 Wed 15° 4° – Wind 7 km/h

22 Thu 12° 7° 0.8 mm Wind 14 km/h

23 Fri 11° 3° – Wind 14 km/h

24 Sat 6° 3° 23 mm, 39% Wind 20 km/h

25 Sun 8° 5° 20 mm, 39% Wind 24 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:51 AM Sunset 06:24 PM Daylight 10 hr, 33 min First quarter 60%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Quinsam River at Argonaut BridgeRiver gauge, Quinsam River	0.45 m	Very low	±0	0.8 km
Quinsam Diversion near Campbell RiverCanal gauge, Quinsam Diversion	1.00 m	Very low	±0	1.3 km
Wokas Lake near Campbell RiverLake, Wokas Lake	2.37 m	Very low	−0.01 m	2.9 km
Upper Campbell Lake at Strathcona DamLake, Upper Campbell Lake	214.15 m	Very low	−0.01 m	8.8 km
Buttle Lake above Upper Campbell LakeLake, Buttle Lake	214.11 m	Very low	±0	13 km
Quinsam River below Lower Quinsam LakeRiver gauge, Quinsam River	2.16 m	Very low	−0.01 m	13 km
Quinsam River near Campbell RiverRiver gauge, Quinsam River	0.70 m	Very low	±0	19 km
Oyster River below Woodhus CreekRiver gauge, Oyster River	0.61 m	Very low	+0.01 m	20 km

Questions and answers

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 302.32 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Quinsam River Diversion Headpond today?

On Oct 16, 2026, 08:35 AM PDT, the water level was 302.32 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Quinsam River Diversion Headpond rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.61 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Quinsam River Diversion Headpond normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

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:08HD034 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.93000, -125.52055 (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	302.32 m	2026-10-16 15:35	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Quinsam River Diversion Headpond (eccc:08HD034). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/quinsam-river-diversion-headpond

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