Mountain View Irrigation District Canal water level

Name: Mountain View Irrigation District Canal 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

Canal gauge, Alberta, Canada

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High for mid-October

Water level

1.10m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 17, 2026, 03:40 PM MDT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 0.04 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

20252026

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

High water at Mountain View Irrigation District Canal: the latest reading is 1.10 m, above normal for mid-October.

That puts it 0.05 m above the median of 1.05 m for mid-October, based on 14 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 1.08 m (+0.02 m).

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 1.10 m – 1.37 m.

Compared with 14 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 1.05 m0.05 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 1.03 m – 1.13 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (14 years of records)
Same day last year: 1.08 m+0.02 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 1.10 m – 1.37 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 1.06 m – 1.37 m

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

17 Sat 17° 8° – Wind 53 km/h

18 Sun 13° 2° – Wind 14 km/h

19 Mon 14° 5° – Wind 16 km/h

20 Tue 9° 3° – Wind 9 km/h

21 Wed 17° 3° – Wind 17 km/h

22 Thu 15° 7° – Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 6° 0° 21 mm, 46% Wind 20 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:59 AM Sunset 06:42 PM Daylight 10 hr, 43 min First quarter 44%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Belly River near Mountain ViewRiver gauge, Belly River	1.19 m	Normal	+0.01 m	2.3 km
Waterton River near Waterton ParkRiver gauge, Waterton River	0.40 m	Normal	−0.02 m	12 km
Waterton Lake at Waterton ParkLake, Waterton Lake	1,278.19 m	Normal	−0.02 m	16 km
Drywood Creek near the MouthRiver gauge, Drywood Creek	0.78 m	High	±0	25 km
Yarrow Creek at Spread Eagle RoadRiver gauge, Yarrow Creek	6.31 m	Low	−0.01 m	26 km
Waterton ReservoirReservoir	1,178.30 m	Very high	+0.06 m	27 km
Waterton - Belly Diversion CanalCanal gauge	0.29 m	Normal	+0.02 m	28 km
Belly - St. Mary Diversion CanalCanal gauge	0.00 m³/s	Normal	±0	30 km

Questions and answers

How does Mountain View Irrigation District Canal compare with last year?

It is 0.02 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 1.08 m.

What is a normal level for Mountain View Irrigation District Canal in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 1.05 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 1.03 m and 1.13 m, based on 14 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 1.10 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Mountain View Irrigation District Canal today?

On Oct 17, 2026, 03:40 PM MDT, the water level was 1.10 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Mountain View Irrigation District Canal rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.12 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Mountain View Irrigation District Canal normal?

High for mid-October. Compared with 14 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:05AD017 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.07972, -113.68889 (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	1.10 m	2026-10-17 21:40	Provisional
Flow	0.04 m³/s	2026-10-17 21:40	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Mountain View Irrigation District Canal (eccc:05AD017). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/alberta/mountain-view-irrigation-district-canal

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