Caribou Creek above Highway No. 8 (Dempster Highway) water level

Name: Caribou Creek above Highway No. 8 (Dempster Highway) water level (Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada)
Creator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
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River gauge, Caribou Creek, Northwest Territories, Canada

Directions

Low for mid-October

Water level

5.92m Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 03:15 PM PDT (1 hour ago)

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Caribou Creek above Highway No. 8 (Dempster Highway) is running below normal at 5.92 m.

The median for mid-October is 6.01 m, based on 13 years of readings, so the water level is 0.10 m below typical.

It has risen 0.03 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 5.85 m and 6.31 m.

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

Compared with 13 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 6.01 m0.10 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 5.88 m – 6.18 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (13 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 5.85 m – 6.31 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 5.89 m – 6.26 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

The forecast is not available right now.

Sunrise 09:18 AM Sunset 06:01 PM Daylight 8 hr, 43 min Waxing gibbous 72%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Mackenzie River (East Channel) at InuvikRiver gauge, Mackenzie River (East Channel)	11.53 m	Normal	−0.02 m	36 km
Rengleng River below Highway No. 8 (Dempster Highway)River gauge, Rengleng River	5.61 m	High	±0	40 km
Mackenzie River at Confluence East ChannelRiver gauge, Mackenzie River	2.54 m	Normal	−0.04 m	42 km
Mackenzie River (Middle Channel) below Raymond ChannelRiver gauge, Mackenzie River (Middle Channel)	11.21 m	Normal	−0.05 m	45 km
Peel River at Frog CreekRiver gauge, Peel River	2.82 m	High	+0.01 m	70 km
Travaillant River above Travaillant LakeRiver gauge, Travaillant River	7.93 m	Normal	+0.08 m	73 km
Mackenzie River (Napoiak Channel) above Shallow BayRiver gauge, Mackenzie River (Napoiak Channel)	11.03 m	Very high	±0	86 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Caribou Creek above Highway No. 8 (Dempster Highway) in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 6.01 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 5.88 m and 6.18 m, based on 13 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 5.92 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Caribou Creek above Highway No. 8 (Dempster Highway) today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 03:15 PM PDT, the water level was 5.92 m. Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Caribou Creek above Highway No. 8 (Dempster Highway) rising or falling?

Up 0.03 m over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Caribou Creek above Highway No. 8 (Dempster Highway) normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 13 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:10LC007 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 68.08728, -133.49232 (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	5.92 m	2026-10-20 22:15	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Caribou Creek above Highway No. 8 (Dempster Highway) (eccc:10LC007). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/northwest-territories/caribou-creek-above-highway-no-8-dempster-highway

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