Tulameen River below Vuich Creek water level

Name: Tulameen River below Vuich 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, Tulameen River, British Columbia, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.71m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 02:45 PM PDT (37 min ago)

Flow: 0.46 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Tulameen River below Vuich Creek reads 0.71 m, a normal level for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 0.67 m, based on 15 years of readings, so the water level is 0.03 m above typical.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.64 m and 0.91 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.

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

Key numbers

Median for this date: 0.67 m0.03 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.55 m – 0.88 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (15 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.64 m – 0.91 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.64 m – 0.85 m

Conditions at Tulameen River below Vuich Creek

Paddlers should check the trend as well as the level; summer storms can raise rivers quickly.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About the Tulameen River

The Tulameen River is a tributary of the Similkameen River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Tulameen River is part of the Columbia River drainage basin, being a tributary of the Similkameen River, which flows into the Okanagan River, which flows into the Columbia River.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 11° 2° – Wind 7 km/h

20 Tue 12° 2° – Wind 10 km/h

21 Wed 15° 4° – Wind 8 km/h

22 Thu 13° 2° – Wind 10 km/h

23 Fri 7° 0° 0.7 mm Wind 9 km/h

24 Sat 9° -3° – Wind 6 km/h

25 Sun 12° 2° – Wind 11 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:32 AM Sunset 06:07 PM Daylight 10 hr, 35 min First quarter 63%

Map

Other gauges on the Tulameen River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Tulameen River at PrincetonRiver gauge, Tulameen River	0.18 m	Low	±0	33 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Coquihalla River below Needle CreekRiver gauge, Coquihalla River	1.81 m	Very low	±0	13 km
Coquihalla River above Alexander CreekRiver gauge, Coquihalla River	1.34 m	Very low	−0.02 m	31 km
Similkameen River at PrincetonRiver gauge, Similkameen River	0.49 m	Very low	+0.01 m	34 km
Fraser River at HopeRiver gauge, Fraser River	4.08 m	Normal	−0.10 m	36 km
Skagit River above Klesilkwa RiverRiver gauge, Skagit River	5.39 m	Normal	±0	41 km
Coldwater River near BrookmereRiver gauge, Coldwater River	2.40 m	High	±0	44 km
Siwash Creek near PrincetonRiver gauge, Siwash Creek	0.68 m	Very low	±0	51 km
Skagit River at International BoundaryRiver gauge, Skagit River	2.50 m	Low	−0.14 m	52 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Tulameen River below Vuich Creek in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.67 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.55 m and 0.88 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 0.71 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Tulameen River below Vuich Creek today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 02:45 PM PDT, the water level was 0.71 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Tulameen River below Vuich Creek rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Tulameen River below Vuich Creek normal?

Normal 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:08NL071 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.46568, -120.97891 (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	0.71 m	2026-10-19 21:45	Provisional
Flow	0.46 m³/s	2026-10-19 20:45	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Tulameen River below Vuich Creek (eccc:08NL071). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/tulameen-river-below-vuich-creek

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