Musquash River at Highway No. 400 water level

Name: Musquash River at Highway No. 400 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, Musquash River, Ontario, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

9.29m Up 0.68 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 04:30 AM EDT (37 min ago)

Flow: 28.3 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Musquash River at Highway No. 400, where the gauge shows 9.29 m.

The median for mid-October is 9.71 m, based on 20 years of readings, so the water level is 0.42 m below typical.

It is on the way up, by 0.68 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 8.21 m – 9.76 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: 9.71 m0.42 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 8.73 m – 10.68 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 8.21 m – 9.76 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 8.89 m – 9.76 m

Freshet, ice and paddling

Open-water season is the time for canoe trips and fishing, though rapids change character with every few centimetres of water.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

20 Tue 16° 4° – Wind 11 km/h

21 Wed 15° 1° – Wind 9 km/h

22 Thu 18° 6° – Wind 10 km/h

23 Fri 14° 3° – Wind 13 km/h

24 Sat 16° 3° – Wind 11 km/h

25 Sun 19° 7° 0.9 mm Wind 16 km/h

26 Mon 13° 6° – Wind 19 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:42 AM Sunset 06:27 PM Daylight 10 hr, 45 min First quarter 67%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Moon River at Highway No. 400River gauge, Moon River	0.93 m	Low	+0.01 m	4.8 km
Go Home Lake near Potters LandingLake, Go Home Lake	185.21 m	Normal	−0.01 m	5.7 km
Bala Bay at BalaRiver gauge, Bala Bay	225.20 m	Normal	±0	13 km
Lake Rosseau at Port CarlingLake, Lake Rosseau	8.79 m	Low	±0	19 km
Lake Muskoka at BeaumarisLake, Lake Muskoka	9.33 m	Normal	±0	23 km
North River at the FallsRiver gauge, North River	0.79 m	Low	−0.01 m	32 km
Hogg Creek near Victoria HarbourRiver gauge, Hogg Creek	0.49 m	Normal	±0	33 km
Coldwater River at ColdwaterRiver gauge, Coldwater River	1.19 m	Low	±0	37 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Musquash River at Highway No. 400 in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 9.71 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 8.73 m and 10.68 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 9.29 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Musquash River at Highway No. 400 today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 04:30 AM EDT, the water level was 9.29 m. Up 0.68 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Musquash River at Highway No. 400 rising or falling?

Up 0.68 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.47 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Musquash River at Highway No. 400 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.

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:02EB012 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 45.02253, -79.77681 (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	9.29 m	2026-10-20 08:30	Provisional
Flow	28.3 m³/s	2026-10-20 08:30	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Musquash River at Highway No. 400 (eccc:02EB012). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/musquash-river-at-highway-no-400

How we check values

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