Black Creek at Milford water level

Name: Black Creek at Milford 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 Creek, Ontario, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

1.19m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 03:45 PM EDT (2 hours ago)

Flow: 0.13 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Black Creek at Milford reads 1.19 m, a normal level for mid-October.

That puts it 0.12 m above the median of 1.07 m for mid-October, based on 21 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 1.01 m (+0.18 m).

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.97 m and 1.24 m.

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

Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 1.07 m0.12 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 1.02 m – 6.29 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Same day last year: 1.01 m+0.18 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.97 m – 1.24 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.97 m – 1.36 m

Conditions at Black Creek at Milford

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 Black Creek

Black Creek is a river in the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada. It flows from the city of Vaughan in the Regional Municipality of York to the Humber River in Toronto. Black Creek is smaller than most of the waterways in the Greater Toronto Area.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 6.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 16° 6° – Wind 18 km/h

20 Tue 14° 6° – Wind 20 km/h

21 Wed 13° 3° – Wind 13 km/h

22 Thu 17° 4° – Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 12° 4° – Wind 21 km/h

24 Sat 13° 5° – Wind 13 km/h

25 Sun 14° 8° – Wind 20 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:28 AM Sunset 06:20 PM Daylight 10 hr, 51 min First quarter 62%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Consecon Creek at AllisonvilleRiver gauge, Consecon Creek	1.06 m	Normal	−0.01 m	24 km
Salmon River near ShannonvilleRiver gauge, Salmon River	0.92 m	Normal	−0.02 m	32 km
Wilton Creek near NapaneeRiver gauge, Wilton Creek	6.27 m	High	−0.01 m	39 km
Millhaven Creek near MillhavenRiver gauge, Millhaven Creek	2.05 m	Normal	±0	42 km
Moira River near FoxboroRiver gauge, Moira River	7.19 m	High	+0.01 m	44 km
Trent River at TrentonRiver gauge, Trent River	8.55 m	Normal	+0.05 m	45 km
Mayhew Creek near TrentonRiver gauge, Mayhew Creek	1.92 m	Normal	−0.01 m	46 km
Napanee River at Camden EastRiver gauge, Napanee River	12.42 m	High	±0	49 km

Questions and answers

How does Black Creek at Milford compare with last year?

It is 0.18 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 1.01 m.

What is a normal level for Black Creek at Milford in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 1.07 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 1.02 m and 6.29 m, based on 21 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 1.19 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Black Creek at Milford today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 03:45 PM EDT, the water level was 1.19 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Black Creek at Milford rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Up 0.14 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Black Creek at Milford normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 21 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:02HE004 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 43.93536, -77.09021 (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	1.19 m	2026-10-19 19:45	Provisional
Flow	0.13 m³/s	2026-10-19 19:45	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Black Creek at Milford (eccc:02HE004). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/black-creek-at-milford

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