Bird River at Outlet of Bird Lake water level

Name: Bird River at Outlet of Bird Lake 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, Bird River, Manitoba, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

1.07m Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 03:15 PM CDT (49 min ago)

Flow: 4.29 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The Bird River at Outlet of Bird Lake is at 1.07 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 1.03 m, based on 20 years of readings, so the water level is 0.04 m above typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.86 m, a difference of +0.21 m.

It has dropped 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 1.06 m and 1.17 m.

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

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

Key numbers

Median for this date: 1.03 m0.04 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.85 m – 1.37 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Same day last year: 0.86 m+0.21 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 1.06 m – 1.17 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.88 m – 1.16 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.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

20 Tue 18° 4° – Wind 19 km/h

21 Wed 13° 1° – Wind 8 km/h

22 Thu 19° 1° – Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 21° 12° 4.0 mm, 70% Wind 23 km/h

24 Sat 18° 5° 1.2 mm, 70% Wind 33 km/h

25 Sun 5° -2° 0.6 mm Wind 36 km/h

26 Mon 2° -4° – Wind 17 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:53 AM Sunset 06:21 PM Daylight 10 hr, 28 min Waxing gibbous 71%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Winnipeg River above Boundary FallsRiver gauge, Winnipeg River	299.67 m	Low	±0	36 km
Nutimik Lake at Nutimik LakeLake, Nutimik Lake	274.29 m	Normal	+0.06 m	40 km
Whiteshell River at Outlet of Jessica LakeRiver gauge, Whiteshell River	307.41 m	Normal	+0.01 m	48 km
Goshawk Lake at Kahkagopkung OnigumLake, Goshawk Lake	318.05 m	No reference yet	−0.03 m	50 km
Winnipeg River at Manito SipiRiver gauge, Winnipeg River	299.54 m	No reference yet	−0.02 m	51 km
Winnipeg River at Lac Du BonnetRiver gauge, Winnipeg River	254.89 m	Normal	+0.02 m	51 km
Whitemouth River near WhitemouthRiver gauge, Whitemouth River	268.10 m	Normal	−0.01 m	70 km
Winnipeg River at MinakiRiver gauge, Winnipeg River	316.03 m	Normal	±0	75 km

Questions and answers

Is the Bird River at Outlet of Bird Lake higher than last year?

Yes, it is 0.21 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.86 m.

What is a normal level for the Bird River at Outlet of Bird Lake in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 1.03 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.85 m and 1.37 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 1.07 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Bird River at Outlet of Bird Lake today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 03:15 PM CDT, the water level was 1.07 m. Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Bird River at Outlet of Bird Lake rising or falling?

Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.03 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Bird River at Outlet of Bird Lake normal?

Normal 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.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:05PJ001 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.46281, -95.41425 (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	1.07 m	2026-10-20 20:15	Provisional
Flow	4.29 m³/s	2026-10-20 20:15	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Bird River at Outlet of Bird Lake (eccc:05PJ001). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/manitoba/bird-river-at-outlet-of-bird-lake

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