Bings Creek near the Mouth water level

Name: Bings Creek near the Mouth 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, Bings Creek, British Columbia, Canada

Directions

Very low for mid-October

Water level

1.36m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 04:10 AM PDT (38 min ago)

Flow: 0.01 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Bings Creek near the Mouth is running far below normal at 1.36 m.

The median for mid-October is 1.42 m, based on 15 years of readings, so the water level is 0.06 m below typical.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 1.35 m and 1.43 m.

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

Compared with 15 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 1.42 m0.06 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 1.38 m – 1.51 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (15 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 1.35 m – 1.43 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 1.35 m – 1.41 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.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 14° 4° – Wind 11 km/h

19 Mon 17° 6° – Wind 10 km/h

20 Tue 17° 6° – Wind 9 km/h

21 Wed 19° 8° – Wind 7 km/h

22 Thu 16° 7° – Wind 10 km/h

23 Fri 14° 4° – Wind 7 km/h

24 Sat 12° 5° 2.7 mm, 38% Wind 7 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:43 AM Sunset 06:17 PM Daylight 10 hr, 34 min First quarter 68%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Cowichan River near DuncanRiver gauge, Cowichan River	0.30 m	Low	−0.01 m	2.0 km
Koksilah River at Cowichan StationRiver gauge, Koksilah River	0.48 m	Very low	±0	7.8 km
Chemainus River near WestholmeRiver gauge, Chemainus River	0.61 m	Normal	±0	10 km
Cowichan River at Lake CowichanRiver gauge, Cowichan River	0.30 m	Very low	±0	24 km
Cowichan Lake near Lake CowichanLake, Cowichan Lake	0.52 m	Low	+0.02 m	25 km
Nanaimo River near CassidyRiver gauge, Nanaimo River	0.68 m	Low	+0.01 m	33 km
Garbage Creek near the MouthRiver gauge, Garbage Creek	0.32 m	Low	±0	36 km
Harris Creek near Lake CowichanRiver gauge, Harris Creek	1.33 m	Very low	−0.01 m	38 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Bings Creek near the Mouth in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 1.42 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 1.38 m and 1.51 m, based on 15 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 1.36 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Bings Creek near the Mouth today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 04:10 AM PDT, the water level was 1.36 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Bings Creek near the Mouth rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Bings Creek near the Mouth normal?

Very low for mid-October. Compared with 15 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:08HA016 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 48.78922, -123.72547 (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	1.36 m	2026-10-20 11:10	Provisional
Flow	0.01 m³/s	2026-10-20 11:10	Provisional

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