Huff Lake water level

Name: Huff 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

Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Very high for mid-October

Surface elevation

815.54m

Measured Oct 16, 2026, 06:34 PM CST (1 hour ago)

History

1 year 10 years Years compared

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Surface elevation Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At 815.54 m, Huff Lake is holding more water than usual for mid-October.

That puts it 0.49 m above the median of 815.05 m for mid-October, based on 11 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 815.28 m (+0.27 m).

The 30-day range is 815.54 m – 815.55 m.

Many reservoirs reach their low point of the year in fall, before winter rain and snow start the refill.

Compared with 11 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 815.05 m0.49 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 813.41 m – 815.30 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
Same day last year: 815.28 m+0.27 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 815.54 m – 815.55 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 815.22 m – 815.70 m

Boating and fishing at Huff Lake

When a lake runs high, docks and swimming areas may close for a while and floating logs become a real hazard for boats.

Conditions at the shore change with the level, so check with the agency that runs the lake before a trip.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

16 Fri 19° -5° – Wind 27 km/h

17 Sat 22° 3° – Wind 35 km/h

18 Sun 13° 0° – Wind 16 km/h

19 Mon 16° 6° – Wind 30 km/h

20 Tue 17° 8° – Wind 16 km/h

21 Wed 12° 7° 0.2 mm Wind 17 km/h

22 Thu 15° 7° – Wind 29 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:36 AM Sunset 06:19 PM Daylight 10h 43m First quarter 36 %

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Huff Lake Pumping CanalCanal gauge	824.47 m	No reference yet	−0.01 m	0.1 km
Huff Lake Gravity CanalCanal gauge	0.00 m³/s	No reference yet	0.00 m³/s	0.8 km
Val Marie Pump No. 1River gauge	0.11 m	No reference yet	0.00 m	2.8 km
Newton LakeLake	802.62 m	Normal	0.00 m	9.4 km
Denniel Creek near Val MarieRiver gauge, Denniel Creek	1.25 m	Normal	0.00 m	15 km
Notukeu Creek above Admiral ReservoirRiver gauge, Notukeu Creek	0.70 m	Normal	0.00 m	41 km
Frenchman River at international boundaryRiver gauge, Frenchman River	1.30 m	Below flood stage		59 km
Swift Current Creek below Rock CreekRiver gauge, Swift Current Creek	1.81 m	Low	−0.01 m	68 km

Questions and answers

How does Huff Lake compare with last year?

It is 0.27 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 815.28 m.

How often is Huff Lake updated?

Several times an hour. New readings from Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada appear here as they arrive. Latest: Oct 16, 2026, 06:34 PM CST.

What is the water level of Huff Lake today?

On Oct 16, 2026, 06:34 PM CST, the surface elevation was 815.54 m. Very high.

Is the level of Huff Lake normal?

Very high for mid-October. Compared with 11 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:11AC063 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.37111, -107.88528 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA 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
Surface elevation `elevation`	815.54 m	2026-10-17 00:34	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Huff Lake (eccc:11AC063). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/saskatchewan/huff-lake

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