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Ranch Creek above Ranch Lake water level

River gauge, Ranch Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

0.41m Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Flow
0.00 m³/s
0.5 0.8

History

0.20.40.60.8mOct 11Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17Oct 180.20.40.60.8mOct 11Oct 15Oct 18
-0.00.30.50.8mSep 18Sep 26Oct 3Oct 11Oct 18-0.00.30.50.8mSep 18Oct 3Oct 18
Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At 0.41 m, Ranch Creek above Ranch Lake is below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 0.46 m, based on 14 years of readings, so the water level is 0.05 m below typical.

The level is falling, down 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.40 m and 0.78 m.

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

Compared with 14 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date
0.46 m0.05 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.36 m – 0.76 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (14 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.40 m – 0.78 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.40 m – 0.81 m

Conditions at Ranch Creek above Ranch Lake

Low water means shallow riffles on canoe trips and warmer water for fish.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

18 Sun 12° 2° – Wind 36 km/h
19 Mon 11° 0° – Wind 27 km/h
20 Tue 12° 4° – Wind 19 km/h
21 Wed 14° 3° – Wind 26 km/h
22 Thu 18° 9° – Wind 25 km/h
23 Fri 13° 5° 12 mm, 70% Wind 34 km/h
24 Sat 4° -5° 18 mm, 70% Wind 41 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:30 AM Sunset 06:00 PM Daylight 10 hr, 29 min First quarter 53%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Ironspring Creek near WatsonRiver gauge, Ironspring Creek 1.06 m High ±0 43 km
Romance Creek near WatsonRiver gauge, Romance Creek 0.37 m Low ±0 48 km
Quill Creek near Quill LakeRiver gauge, Quill Creek 2.89 m Normal ±0 57 km
Little Quill Lake near WynyardLake, Little Quill Lake 520.43 m High +0.04 m 74 km
Magnusson Creek near WynyardRiver gauge, Magnusson Creek 1.79 m Very low ±0 77 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Ranch Creek above Ranch Lake in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.46 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.36 m and 0.76 m, based on 14 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 0.41 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Ranch Creek above Ranch Lake today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 02:25 PM CST, the water level was 0.41 m. Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Ranch Creek above Ranch Lake rising or falling?

Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Ranch Creek above Ranch Lake normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 14 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:05MA025 (Agency page)
Coordinates
52.40553, -104.78925 (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

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 0.41 m 2026-10-18 20:25 Provisional
Flow 0.00 m³/s 2026-10-18 20:25 Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Ranch Creek above Ranch Lake (eccc:05MA025). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/saskatchewan/ranch-creek-above-ranch-lake

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