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Yarrow Creek at Spread Eagle Road water level

River gauge, Yarrow Creek, Alberta, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

6.31m Steady over the last 24 hours

Flow
0.35 m³/s
6.3 6.4 6.5

History

6.36.46.5mOct 10Oct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 176.36.46.5mOct 10Oct 14Oct 17
6.36.46.5mSep 18Sep 25Oct 2Oct 10Oct 176.36.46.5mSep 18Oct 2Oct 17
Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Yarrow Creek at Spread Eagle Road is running below normal at 6.31 m.

That puts it 0.03 m below the median of 6.34 m for mid-October, based on 13 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 6.31 m and 6.45 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, and it usually takes a few days of steady rain to change that.

Compared with 13 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date
6.34 m0.03 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
6.29 m – 6.48 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (13 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days
6.31 m – 6.45 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
6.32 m – 6.46 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.

17 Sat 15° 6° – Wind 58 km/h
18 Sun 12° 3° – Wind 18 km/h
19 Mon 15° 4° – Wind 12 km/h
20 Tue 9° 3° – Wind 12 km/h
21 Wed 15° 3° – Wind 24 km/h
22 Thu 14° 5° – Wind 21 km/h
23 Fri 5° 0° 20 mm, 48% Wind 14 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:00 AM Sunset 06:43 PM Daylight 10 hr, 43 min First quarter 44%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Pincher Creek at Front Range RoadRiver gauge, Pincher Creek 7.80 m Normal ±0 12 km
Drywood Creek near the MouthRiver gauge, Drywood Creek 0.78 m High ±0 14 km
Waterton River near Waterton ParkRiver gauge, Waterton River 0.40 m Normal −0.02 m 16 km
Waterton Lake at Waterton ParkLake, Waterton Lake 1,278.19 m Normal −0.02 m 20 km
Waterton ReservoirReservoir 1,178.30 m Very high +0.06 m 22 km
Belly River near Mountain ViewRiver gauge, Belly River 1.19 m Normal +0.01 m 24 km
Waterton - Belly Diversion CanalCanal gauge 0.29 m Normal +0.02 m 26 km
Mountain View Irrigation District CanalCanal gauge 1.10 m High ±0 26 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Yarrow Creek at Spread Eagle Road in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 6.34 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 6.29 m and 6.48 m, based on 13 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 6.31 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Yarrow Creek at Spread Eagle Road today?

On Oct 17, 2026, 04:15 PM MDT, the water level was 6.31 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Yarrow Creek at Spread Eagle Road rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Yarrow Creek at Spread Eagle Road normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 13 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:05AD042 (Agency page)
Coordinates
49.23194, -113.96078 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 6.31 m 2026-10-17 22:15 Provisional
Flow 0.35 m³/s 2026-10-17 22:15 Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Yarrow Creek at Spread Eagle Road (eccc:05AD042). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/alberta/yarrow-creek-at-spread-eagle-road

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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