Swift Current Creek below Rock Creek water level

Name: Swift Current Creek below Rock Creek 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, Swift Current Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada

Directions

Very low for mid-October

Water level

1.81m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 01:35 PM CST (1 hour ago)

Flow: 0.55 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

20252026

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Swift Current Creek below Rock Creek is running far below normal at 1.81 m.

That puts it 0.10 m below the median of 1.90 m for mid-October, based on 16 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 1.82 m (−0.01 m).

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 1.75 m and 1.85 m.

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

Compared with 16 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 1.90 m0.10 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 1.81 m – 1.97 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (16 years of records)
Same day last year: 1.82 m−0.01 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 1.75 m – 1.85 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 1.75 m – 1.87 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.

About Swift Current Creek

Swift Current Creek is a river in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. In the 1800s, Métis buffalo hunters called it Rivière au Courant. This name was also adopted by the North-West Mounted Police on their March West in 1874. In 1883, the name Swift Current Creek was first published on official maps by the Department of the Interior. The river begins at an elevation of over 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) in the Cypress Hills and flows in a north-easterly direction through valleys and coulees en route to Lake Diefenbaker of the South Saskatchewan River in the semi-arid region known as Palliser's Triangle. Notable communities along the river's course include Swift Current, Waldeck, and South Fork.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

18 Sun 13° -1° – Wind 12 km/h

19 Mon 15° 0° – Wind 25 km/h

20 Tue 12° 0° – Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 17° 5° – Wind 37 km/h

22 Thu 21° 11° – Wind 23 km/h

23 Fri 13° 3° 13 mm, 58% Wind 38 km/h

24 Sat 2° -2° 8.6 mm, 58% Wind 42 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:18 PM Daylight 10 hr, 38 min First quarter 53%

Map

Other gauges on Swift Current Creek

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Swift Current Creek near LeinanRiver gauge, Swift Current Creek	1.13 m	Normal	±0	93 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Illerbrun Creek near SimmieRiver gauge, Illerbrun Creek	2.57 m	High	±0	19 km
Notukeu Creek above Admiral ReservoirRiver gauge, Notukeu Creek	0.69 m	Normal	±0	29 km
Bear Creek near PiapotRiver gauge, Bear Creek	1.91 m	Normal	±0	45 km
Eastend ReservoirReservoir	917.65 m	Normal	−0.04 m	46 km
Frenchman River at RavenscragRiver gauge, Frenchman River	948.96 m	Normal	−0.01 m	59 km
Huff LakeLake	815.55 m	Very high	+0.02 m	68 km
Cypress Lake East Outflow CanalCanal gauge	1.19 m	Normal	±0	74 km
Belanger Creek Diversion to Cypress LakeCanal gauge	0.03 m	Very low	±0	75 km

Questions and answers

How does Swift Current Creek below Rock Creek compare with last year?

It is 0.01 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 1.82 m.

What is a normal level for Swift Current Creek below Rock Creek in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 1.90 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 1.81 m and 1.97 m, based on 16 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 1.81 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Swift Current Creek below Rock Creek today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 01:35 PM CST, the water level was 1.81 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Swift Current Creek below Rock Creek rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Swift Current Creek below Rock Creek normal?

Very low for mid-October. Compared with 16 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:05HD036 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.84444, -108.47944 (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	1.81 m	2026-10-18 19:35	Provisional
Flow	0.55 m³/s	2026-10-18 19:35	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Swift Current Creek below Rock Creek (eccc:05HD036). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/saskatchewan/swift-current-creek-below-rock-creek

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