Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake water level

Name: Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake 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, Wannock River, British Columbia, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Flow

350m³/s Down 64.0 m³/s over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 06:15 PM PDT (2 hours ago)

History

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Flow Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The gauge at Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake reads 350 m³/s, a normal level for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 288 m³/s, based on 20 years of readings, so the flow is 62.0 m³/s above typical.

The level is falling, down 64.00 m³/s over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 125 m³/s and 524 m³/s.

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

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 288 m³/s62.0 m³/s above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 124 m³/s – 754 m³/s8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 125 m³/s – 524 m³/s
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 130 m³/s – 515 m³/s

Conditions at Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake

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.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 54 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 17° 4° – Wind 10 km/h

21 Wed 14° 7° 1.5 mm, 86% Wind 5 km/h

22 Thu 12° 4° 0.5 mm, 44% Wind 9 km/h

23 Fri 11° 2° 0.4 mm, 31% Wind 7 km/h

24 Sat 8° 5° 29 mm, 68% Wind 11 km/h

25 Sun 14° 7° 0.3 mm, 20% Wind 10 km/h

26 Mon 18° 6° – Wind 10 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:04 AM Sunset 06:24 PM Daylight 10 hr, 20 min Waxing gibbous 73%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Owikeno Lake at Rivers InletLake, Owikeno Lake	2.47 m	Normal	−0.18 m	1.7 km
Wakeman River below Atwaykellesse RiverRiver gauge, Wakeman River	3.34 m	Normal	−0.12 m	81 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 288 m³/s. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 124 m³/s and 754 m³/s, based on 20 years of records.

What is the water level of Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 06:15 PM PDT, the flow was 350 m³/s. Down 64.0 m³/s over the last 24 hours.

Is Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake rising or falling?

Down 64.0 m³/s over the last 24 hours. Up 56.0 m³/s over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 20 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:08FA002 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 51.67917, -127.17917 (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
Flow	350 m³/s	2026-10-21 01:15	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Wannock River at Outlet of Owikeno Lake (eccc:08FA002). Accessed October 21, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/british-columbia/wannock-river-at-outlet-of-owikeno-lake

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