Pembina River below Paddy Creek water level

Name: Pembina River below Paddy 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, Pembina River, Alberta, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.77m Steady over the last 24 hours

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

Flow: 10.1 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The Pembina River below Paddy Creek is at 0.77 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

That puts it 0.13 m above the median of 0.64 m for mid-October, based on 19 years of readings.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.72 m and 0.91 m.

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

Compared with 19 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 0.64 m0.13 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.57 m – 0.93 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (19 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.72 m – 0.91 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.72 m – 0.95 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 the Pembina River

The Pembina River is a tributary of the Athabasca River in central Alberta, Canada. "Pembina" is an Indigenous word "Pimbina" (Cree) for the high bush cranberry or summerberry (Viburnum trilobum). The river gives the name to the Pembina oil field, an oil- and gas-producing region centered on Drayton Valley. The environmentalist group Pembina Institute also took its name from the river.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 1.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 0° – Wind 19 km/h

19 Mon 10° -2° – Wind 10 km/h

20 Tue 12° -3° – Wind 13 km/h

21 Wed 14° -3° – Wind 11 km/h

22 Thu 15° -2° – Wind 12 km/h

23 Fri 3° 1° 6.2 mm, 61% Wind 21 km/h

24 Sat 0° -4° 0.1 mm, 27% Wind 21 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:14 AM Sunset 06:40 PM Daylight 10 hr, 26 min First quarter 47%

Map

Other gauges on the Pembina River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Pembina River near EntwistleRiver gauge, Pembina River	1.99 m	Very high	±0	57 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Rat Creek near CynthiaRiver gauge, Rat Creek	1.30 m	Normal	±0	11 km
North Saskatchewan River at Highway No. 22River gauge, North Saskatchewan River	92.57 m	High	+0.06 m	28 km
Rose Creek near Alder FlatsRiver gauge, Rose Creek	1.36 m	Normal	+0.01 m	31 km
Nordegg River at Sunchild RoadRiver gauge, Nordegg River	1.04 m	Normal	+0.01 m	37 km
North Saskatchewan River at Highway No. 759River gauge, North Saskatchewan River	87.33 m	Very low	−0.09 m	43 km
Tomahawk Creek near TomahawkRiver gauge, Tomahawk Creek	1.66 m	High	+0.31 m	49 km
Sturgeon River near Magnolia BridgeRiver gauge, Sturgeon River	0.90 m	High	−0.01 m	60 km
Wabamun Lake at Sundance Power StationLake, Wabamun Lake	724.21 m	Low	−0.01 m	67 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Pembina River below Paddy Creek in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.64 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.57 m and 0.93 m, based on 19 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 0.77 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Pembina River below Paddy Creek today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 12:25 AM MDT, the water level was 0.77 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Pembina River below Paddy Creek rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Pembina River below Paddy Creek normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 19 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:07BA001 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.12820, -115.32661 (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	0.77 m	2026-10-18 06:25	Provisional
Flow	10.1 m³/s	2026-10-18 06:25	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Pembina River below Paddy Creek (eccc:07BA001). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/alberta/pembina-river-below-paddy-creek

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