Swan River near Swan Hills water level

Name: Swan River near Swan Hills 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, Swan River, Alberta, Canada

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Water level

96.20m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 08:15 AM MDT (50 min ago)

History

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Water level

What this means

The Swan River near Swan Hills reads 96.20 m as of Oct 19, 2026, 08:15 AM MDT. There is no published reference for this river yet, so we can't say whether that is high or low for the season.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 96.10 m and 96.30 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.01 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days: 96.10 m – 96.30 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 96.10 m – 96.27 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 Swan River

The Kootenay River or Kootenai River is a major river of the Northwest Plateau in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, and northern Montana and Idaho in the United States. It is one of the uppermost major tributaries of the Columbia River, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Kootenay River runs 781 kilometres (485 mi) from its headwaters in the Kootenay Ranges of the Canadian Rockies, flowing from British Columbia's East Kootenay region into northwestern Montana, then west into the northernmost Idaho Panhandle and returning to British Columbia in the West Kootenay region, where it joins the Columbia at Castlegar.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 3.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 8° 1° – Wind 10 km/h

20 Tue 10° -1° – Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 16° 2° – Wind 17 km/h

22 Thu 10° 2° – Wind 11 km/h

23 Fri 2° -1° 5.3 mm, 95% Wind 21 km/h

24 Sat -1° -4° 6.9 mm, 69% Wind 24 km/h

25 Sun -3° -5° 1.6 mm, 41% Wind 16 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:19 AM Sunset 06:35 PM Daylight 10 hr, 16 min First quarter 60%

Map

Other gauges on the Swan River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Swan River near KinusoRiver gauge, Swan River	583.77 m	Very high	−0.02 m	56 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Freeman River near Fort AssiniboineRiver gauge, Freeman River	1.37 m	Very high	−0.01 m	61 km
Driftpile River near DriftpileRiver gauge, Driftpile River	1.93 m	Very high	−0.03 m	63 km
Christmas Creek near Blue RidgeRiver gauge, Christmas Creek	0.60 m	Low	−0.01 m	66 km
Sawridge Creek near Slave LakeRiver gauge, Sawridge Creek	1.80 m	Normal	−0.14 m	66 km
Lesser Slave Lake at Slave LakeLake, Lesser Slave Lake	576.83 m	High	−0.08 m	69 km
Lesser Slave River at Slave LakeRiver gauge, Lesser Slave River	576.46 m	Normal	−0.10 m	69 km

Questions and answers

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 96.20 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Swan River near Swan Hills today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 08:15 AM MDT, the water level was 96.20 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Swan River near Swan Hills rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.01 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Swan River near Swan Hills normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

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:07BJ003 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 54.81538, -115.43418 (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	96.20 m	2026-10-19 14:15	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Swan River near Swan Hills (eccc:07BJ003). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/alberta/swan-river-near-swan-hills

How we check values

Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.

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