Liard River at Lower Crossing water level

Name: Liard River at Lower Crossing 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, Liard River, British Columbia, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

9.50m Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 03:30 PM PDT (59 min ago)

Flow: 816 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Liard River at Lower Crossing reads 9.50 m, a normal level for mid-October.

That puts it 0.14 m below the median of 9.64 m for mid-October, based on 15 years of readings.

The water is rising: up 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 9.48 m and 9.89 m.

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

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

Key numbers

Median for this date: 9.64 m0.14 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 9.29 m – 10.02 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (15 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 9.48 m – 9.89 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 9.49 m – 10.02 m

Conditions at Liard River at Lower Crossing

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.

About the Liard River

The Liard River of the North American boreal forest flows through Yukon, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, Canada. Rising in the Saint Cyr Range of the Pelly Mountains in southeastern Yukon, it flows 1,115 km (693 mi) southeast through British Columbia, marking the northern end of the Rocky Mountains and then curving northeast back into Yukon and Northwest Territories, draining into the Mackenzie River at Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories. The river drains approximately 277,100 km2 (107,000 sq mi) of boreal forest and muskeg.

Weather at the gauge

The forecast is not available right now.

Sunrise 08:10 AM Sunset 06:10 PM Daylight 10 hr First quarter 54%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Teeter Creek near the MouthRiver gauge, Teeter Creek	7.63 m	Normal	±0	8.7 km
Trout River at Kilometre 783.7 Alaska HighwayRiver gauge, Trout River	2.16 m	Very low	±0	12 km
Smith River near the MouthRiver gauge, Smith River	1.08 m	Low	±0	27 km
Toad River above Nonda CreekRiver gauge, Toad River	1.41 m	Normal	−0.02 m	75 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Liard River at Lower Crossing in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 9.64 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 9.29 m and 10.02 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 9.50 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Liard River at Lower Crossing today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 03:30 PM PDT, the water level was 9.50 m. Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Liard River at Lower Crossing rising or falling?

Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.14 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Liard River at Lower Crossing normal?

Normal 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:10BE001 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 59.41250, -126.09722 (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	9.50 m	2026-10-18 22:30	Provisional
Flow	816 m³/s	2026-10-18 22:30	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Liard River at Lower Crossing (eccc:10BE001). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/liard-river-at-lower-crossing

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