Black River at Garnet Settlement water level

Name: Black River at Garnet Settlement 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, Black River, New Brunswick, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

1.29m Down 0.07 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 06:00 PM ADT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 0.85 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The Black River at Garnet Settlement is at 1.29 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 1.26 m, based on 14 years of readings, so the water level is 0.03 m above typical.

It has dropped 0.07 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 1.15 m and 1.38 m.

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

Compared with 14 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 1.26 m0.03 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 1.16 m – 1.52 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (14 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 1.15 m – 1.38 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 1.15 m – 1.35 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

Rain in the last 3 days: 11 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 8° -4° – Wind 11 km/h

19 Mon 11° 3° – Wind 19 km/h

20 Tue 13° 3° – Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 12° 2° – Wind 15 km/h

22 Thu 14° 4° – Wind 19 km/h

23 Fri 6° 1° – Wind 26 km/h

24 Sat 9° -3° – Wind 17 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:44 AM Sunset 06:35 PM Daylight 10 hr, 51 min First quarter 53%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Saint John River at Saint JohnRiver gauge, Saint John River	1.00 m	Very low	−0.16 m	19 km
Saint John River at Oak PointRiver gauge, Saint John River	0.81 m	Very low	−0.17 m	30 km
Kennebecasis River at ApohaquiRiver gauge, Kennebecasis River	7.42 m	Low	−0.01 m	48 km
Lepreau River at LepreauRiver gauge, Lepreau River	0.45 m	Normal	−0.05 m	51 km
Saint John River at GagetownRiver gauge, Saint John River	0.95 m	Very low	−0.08 m	56 km
Jemseg River at JemsegRiver gauge, Jemseg River	0.94 m	Very low	−0.06 m	62 km
Saint John River at Upper GagetownRiver gauge, Saint John River	0.99 m	Very low	−0.02 m	67 km
Point Wolfe River at Fundy National ParkRiver gauge, Point Wolfe River	0.40 m	Very low	−0.05 m	71 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Black River at Garnet Settlement in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 1.26 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 1.16 m and 1.52 m, based on 14 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 1.29 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Black River at Garnet Settlement today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 06:00 PM ADT, the water level was 1.29 m. Down 0.07 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Black River at Garnet Settlement rising or falling?

Down 0.07 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.09 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Black River at Garnet Settlement normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 14 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:01BV004 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 45.30658, -65.84922 (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	1.29 m	2026-10-18 21:00	Provisional
Flow	0.85 m³/s	2026-10-18 21:00	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Black River at Garnet Settlement (eccc:01BV004). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/new-brunswick/black-river-at-garnet-settlement

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