Silver Creek near Grovesend water level

Name: Silver Creek near Grovesend 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, Silver Creek, Ontario, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

4.29m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 02:05 AM EDT (57 min ago)

Flow: 0.26 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 Silver Creek near Grovesend reads 4.29 m, a normal level for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 4.29 m, based on 20 years of readings, so the water level is 0.01 m above typical. On the same day last year the reading was 4.28 m, a difference of +0.01 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 4.27 m and 4.39 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: 4.29 m0.01 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 4.27 m – 4.36 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Same day last year: 4.28 m+0.01 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 4.27 m – 4.39 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 4.25 m – 4.62 m

Conditions at Silver Creek near Grovesend

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 Silver Creek

Silver Creek is a river in the municipality of Huron East, Huron County, Ontario, Canada and a right tributary of the Bayfield River.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.2 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 16° 5° – Wind 23 km/h

19 Mon 17° 7° – Wind 17 km/h

20 Tue 17° 6° – Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 17° 4° – Wind 15 km/h

22 Thu 19° 6° – Wind 13 km/h

23 Fri 17° 8° – Wind 18 km/h

24 Sat 16° 7° – Wind 26 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:42 AM Sunset 06:37 PM Daylight 10 hr, 54 min First quarter 57%

Map

Other gauges on Silver Creek

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Silver Creek at SeaforthRiver gauge, Silver Creek	5.73 m	Low	±0	103 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Big Otter Creek near CaltonRiver gauge, Big Otter Creek	9.81 m	Normal	−0.02 m	10.0 km
Catfish Creek at AylmerRiver gauge, Catfish Creek	2.92 m	Normal	±0	11 km
Catfish Creek near SpartaRiver gauge, Catfish Creek	0.34 m	Normal	−0.01 m	12 km
Kettle Creek above St. ThomasRiver gauge, Kettle Creek	5.60 m	Normal	−0.01 m	23 km
Kettle Creek at St. ThomasRiver gauge, Kettle Creek	6.08 m	Normal	−0.02 m	24 km
Big Otter Creek at TillsonburgRiver gauge, Big Otter Creek	2.94 m	Low	±0	28 km
Dodd Creek below Paynes MillsRiver gauge, Dodd Creek	1.49 m	Normal	−0.03 m	29 km
Venison Creek near WalsinghamRiver gauge, Venison Creek	6.70 m	Very low	±0	33 km

Questions and answers

Is Silver Creek near Grovesend higher than last year?

Yes, it is 0.01 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 4.28 m.

What is a normal level for Silver Creek near Grovesend in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 4.29 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 4.27 m and 4.36 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 4.29 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Silver Creek near Grovesend today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 02:05 AM EDT, the water level was 4.29 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Silver Creek near Grovesend rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Silver Creek near Grovesend 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.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:02GC036 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 42.67583, -80.95333 (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	4.29 m	2026-10-19 06:05	Provisional
Flow	0.26 m³/s	2026-10-19 06:05	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Silver Creek near Grovesend (eccc:02GC036). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/silver-creek-near-grovesend

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