Babine Lake at Topley Landing water level

Name: Babine Lake at Topley Landing 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

Lake, Babine Lake, British Columbia, Canada

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Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.94m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 05:30 AM PDT (1 hour ago)

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Babine Lake at Topley Landing is at 0.94 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 1.03 m, based on 11 years of readings, so the water level is 0.09 m below typical.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.92 m and 1.02 m.

Lakes and reservoirs often sit lower in fall after a summer of evaporation and use, and recover with winter rain and spring snowmelt.

Compared with 11 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 1.03 m0.09 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.82 m – 1.29 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.92 m – 1.02 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.94 m – 1.03 m

On the water at Babine Lake at Topley Landing

Normal levels mean few surprises on the water: ramps in use and the shoreline where you expect it.

Wear a life jacket on the water. Most boating deaths involve people who were not wearing one.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.6 mm.

20 Tue 10° 1° – Wind 8 km/h

21 Wed 7° 2° 0.7 mm, 26% Wind 12 km/h

22 Thu 5° 0° 0.2 mm Wind 7 km/h

23 Fri 4° -1° – Wind 6 km/h

24 Sat 5° -1° – Wind 6 km/h

25 Sun 6° -1° – Wind 7 km/h

26 Mon 4° -1° – Wind 3 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:04 AM Sunset 06:16 PM Daylight 10 hr, 11 min First quarter 68%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Twain Creek Tributary near Babine LakeRiver gauge, Twain Creek Tributary	1.95 m	Normal	±0	33 km
Bulkley River at QuickRiver gauge, Bulkley River	0.56 m	Normal	±0	53 km
Buck Creek at the MouthRiver gauge, Buck Creek	0.47 m	High	+0.06 m	57 km
Bulkley River near HoustonRiver gauge, Bulkley River	0.54 m	Normal	−0.01 m	59 km
Bulkley River near SmithersRiver gauge, Bulkley River	3.19 m	Normal	−0.03 m	63 km
Babine River at BabineRiver gauge, Babine River	0.69 m	Low	±0	63 km
Goathorn Creek near TelkwaRiver gauge, Goathorn Creek	1.29 m	High	−0.02 m	65 km
Pinkut Creek near TintagelRiver gauge, Pinkut Creek	0.86 m	Very low	±0	66 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Babine Lake at Topley Landing in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 1.03 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.82 m and 1.29 m, based on 11 years of records.

What is the water level of Babine Lake at Topley Landing today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 05:30 AM PDT, the water level was 0.94 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Babine Lake at Topley Landing rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Babine Lake at Topley Landing normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 11 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:08EC003 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 54.82231, -126.15392 (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	0.94 m	2026-10-20 12:30	Provisional

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