Nanticoke Creek at Nanticoke water level

Name: Nanticoke Creek at Nanticoke 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, Nanticoke Creek, Ontario, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

12.28m Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 06:45 AM EDT (47 min ago)

Flow: 0.91 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 Nanticoke Creek at Nanticoke reads 12.28 m, a normal level for mid-October.

That puts it 0.05 m above the median of 12.23 m for mid-October, based on 21 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 12.16 m (+0.12 m).

The water is rising: up 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 12.18 m and 12.28 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: 12.23 m0.05 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 12.19 m – 12.35 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Same day last year: 12.16 m+0.12 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 12.18 m – 12.28 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 12.17 m – 12.76 m

Conditions at Nanticoke Creek at Nanticoke

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.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 9.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 18° 8° – Wind 21 km/h

20 Tue 17° 6° – Wind 20 km/h

21 Wed 15° 7° – Wind 16 km/h

22 Thu 18° 7° – Wind 16 km/h

23 Fri 15° 9° – Wind 26 km/h

24 Sat 15° 9° – Wind 24 km/h

25 Sun 17° 12° – Wind 33 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:39 AM Sunset 06:33 PM Daylight 10 hr, 54 min First quarter 58%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Lynn River at SimcoeRiver gauge, Lynn River	1.23 m	Normal	±0	17 km
Young Creek near VittoriaRiver gauge, Young Creek	11.69 m	Normal	±0	18 km
McKenzie Creek near CaledoniaRiver gauge, McKenzie Creek	1.23 m	Normal	±0	27 km
Big Creek near DelhiRiver gauge, Big Creek	4.92 m	Low	±0	36 km
Big Creek near KelvinRiver gauge, Big Creek	6.04 m	Normal	+0.03 m	36 km
Fairchild Creek near BrantfordRiver gauge, Fairchild Creek	1.46 m	Low	−0.01 m	38 km
Oswego Creek at CanboroughRiver gauge, Oswego Creek	2.19 m	Normal	−0.01 m	38 km
Grand River at BrantfordRiver gauge, Grand River	0.26 m	Normal	−0.01 m	39 km

Questions and answers

How does Nanticoke Creek at Nanticoke compare with last year?

It is 0.12 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 12.16 m.

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

The median for mid-October is 12.23 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 12.19 m and 12.35 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 12.28 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Nanticoke Creek at Nanticoke today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 06:45 AM EDT, the water level was 12.28 m. Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Nanticoke Creek at Nanticoke rising or falling?

Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.07 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Nanticoke Creek at Nanticoke 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:02GC022 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 42.80992, -80.07617 (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	12.28 m	2026-10-19 10:45	Provisional
Flow	0.91 m³/s	2026-10-19 10:45	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Nanticoke Creek at Nanticoke (eccc:02GC022). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/nanticoke-creek-at-nanticoke

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