Buffalo Creek at Highway No. 41 water level

Name: Buffalo Creek at Highway No. 41 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, Buffalo Creek, Alberta, Canada

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Normal for mid-October

Water level

1.01m Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 12:25 PM MDT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 0.06 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Buffalo Creek at Highway No. 41 reads 1.01 m, a normal level for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 1.00 m, based on 13 years of readings, so the water level is 0.02 m above typical.

The level is falling, down 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 1.00 m and 1.09 m.

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

Compared with 13 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 1.00 m0.02 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.55 m – 1.69 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (13 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 1.00 m – 1.09 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.96 m – 1.09 m

Conditions at Buffalo Creek at Highway No. 41

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

No rain in the last 3 days.

18 Sun 12° 4° – Wind 30 km/h

19 Mon 12° 4° – Wind 14 km/h

20 Tue 12° 1° – Wind 14 km/h

21 Wed 15° 3° – Wind 18 km/h

22 Thu 15° 2° – Wind 9 km/h

23 Fri 8° 2° 9.5 mm, 60% Wind 33 km/h

24 Sat 2° -2° 0.1 mm, 51% Wind 34 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:56 AM Sunset 06:23 PM Daylight 10 hr, 27 min First quarter 52%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Ribstone Creek near EdgertonRiver gauge, Ribstone Creek	2.64 m	Normal	±0	38 km
Vermilion Park Lake near VermilionLake, Vermilion Park Lake	575.87 m	High	+0.02 m	39 km
Iron Creek near HardistyRiver gauge, Iron Creek	0.97 m	Normal	+0.01 m	45 km
Battle River near the Saskatchewan BoundaryRiver gauge, Battle River	0.59 m	Normal	±0	59 km
Shorncliffe Lake near CzarLake, Shorncliffe Lake	673.21 m	Very low	±0	59 km
Stretton Creek near MarwayneRiver gauge, Stretton Creek	0.74 m	Normal	±0	60 km
Vermilion River near MarwayneRiver gauge, Vermilion River	0.49 m	Very high	−0.02 m	62 km
Killarney Lake Tributary near ChauvinLake, Killarney Lake Tributary	0.85 m	High	+0.01 m	69 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Buffalo Creek at Highway No. 41 in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 1.00 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.55 m and 1.69 m, based on 13 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 1.01 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Buffalo Creek at Highway No. 41 today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 12:25 PM MDT, the water level was 1.01 m. Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Buffalo Creek at Highway No. 41 rising or falling?

Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.04 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Buffalo Creek at Highway No. 41 normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 13 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:05FE002 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.00723, -110.86734 (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	1.01 m	2026-10-18 18:25	Provisional
Flow	0.06 m³/s	2026-10-18 18:25	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Buffalo Creek at Highway No. 41 (eccc:05FE002). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/alberta/buffalo-creek-at-highway-no-41

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