Qu'Appelle River below Loon Creek water level

Name: Qu'Appelle River below Loon Creek 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, Qu'Appelle River, Saskatchewan, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.95m Down 0.15 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 06:10 AM CST (47 min ago)

Flow: 14.3 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The Qu'Appelle River below Loon Creek is at 0.95 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 0.34 m, based on 15 years of readings, so the water level is 0.61 m above typical.

It has dropped 0.15 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.95 m and 1.39 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: 0.34 m0.61 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.17 m – 1.71 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (15 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.95 m – 1.39 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 1.02 m – 1.48 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 Qu'Appelle River

The Qu'Appelle River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba that flows 430 kilometres (270 mi) east from Lake Diefenbaker in south-western Saskatchewan to join the Assiniboine River in Manitoba, just south of Lake of the Prairies, near the village of St. Lazare. It is in a region called the Prairie Pothole Region of North America, which extends throughout three Canadian provinces and five U.S. states. It is also within Palliser's Triangle and the Great Plains ecoregion.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

18 Sun 13° 3° – Wind 29 km/h

19 Mon 15° 0° – Wind 29 km/h

20 Tue 15° 7° – Wind 26 km/h

21 Wed 15° 5° – Wind 24 km/h

22 Thu 20° 10° – Wind 24 km/h

23 Fri 15° 6° 1.2 mm, 59% Wind 30 km/h

24 Sat 5° -1° 1.5 mm, 59% Wind 35 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:26 AM Sunset 06:00 PM Daylight 10 hr, 35 min First quarter 49%

Map

Other gauges on the Qu'Appelle River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Qu'Appelle River below Craven DamRiver gauge, Qu'Appelle River	1.57 m	Normal	+0.04 m	37 km
Qu'Appelle River near LumsdenRiver gauge, Qu'Appelle River	491.12 m	Normal	−0.02 m	44 km
Qu'Appelle River above Buffalo Pound LakeRiver gauge, Qu'Appelle River	5.53 m	High	+0.01 m	109 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Jumping Deer Creek near LiptonRiver gauge, Jumping Deer Creek	3.14 m	High	−0.01 m	30 km
Boggy Creek near LumsdenRiver gauge, Boggy Creek	1.74 m	High	+0.01 m	43 km
Fahlman Creek near DavinRiver gauge, Fahlman Creek	0.73 m	Very low	±0	47 km
Wascana Creek near LumsdenRiver gauge, Wascana Creek	1.75 m	Normal	−0.02 m	47 km
Cottonwood Creek near LumsdenRiver gauge, Cottonwood Creek	1.36 m	Very high	+0.01 m	49 km
Last Mountain Lake at Rowan'S RavineLake, Last Mountain Lake	490.17 m	Very high	±0	67 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the Qu'Appelle River below Loon Creek in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.34 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.17 m and 1.71 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 0.95 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Qu'Appelle River below Loon Creek today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 06:10 AM CST, the water level was 0.95 m. Down 0.15 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Qu'Appelle River below Loon Creek rising or falling?

Down 0.15 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.09 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Qu'Appelle River below Loon Creek 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:05JK007 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.78781, -104.28272 (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	0.95 m	2026-10-18 12:10	Provisional
Flow	14.3 m³/s	2026-10-18 12:10	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Qu'Appelle River below Loon Creek (eccc:05JK007). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/saskatchewan/quappelle-river-below-loon-creek

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