Chick Creek above Chick Lake water level

Name: Chick Creek above Chick 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, Chick Creek, Northwest Territories, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

8.59m Up 0.04 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 08:10 PM PDT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 0.17 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At 8.59 m, Chick Creek above Chick Lake is below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 8.79 m, based on 19 years of readings, so the water level is 0.20 m below typical.

The water is rising: up 0.04 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 8.55 m and 8.62 m.

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

Compared with 19 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 8.79 m0.20 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 8.46 m – 8.86 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (19 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 8.55 m – 8.62 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 8.55 m – 8.63 m

Conditions at Chick Creek above Chick 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

Rain in the last 3 days: 9.5 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon -2° -8° – Wind 10 km/h

20 Tue 3° -5° – Wind 11 km/h

21 Wed 3° -4° 1.4 mm, 55% Wind 23 km/h

22 Thu -3° -9° 0.2 mm, 20% Wind 15 km/h

23 Fri -5° -12° – Wind 6 km/h

24 Sat -3° -12° – Wind 9 km/h

25 Sun -1° -7° – Wind 6 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:46 AM Sunset 05:50 PM Daylight 9 hr, 5 min First quarter 65%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Mackenzie River at Sans Sault RapidsRiver gauge, Mackenzie River	3.82 m	Normal	−0.01 m	30 km
Mackenzie River at Fort Good HopeRiver gauge, Mackenzie River	1.39 m	Normal	+0.01 m	50 km
Oscar Creek near Norman WellsRiver gauge, Oscar Creek	7.86 m	Normal	−0.02 m	57 km
Hare Indian River near Fort Good HopeRiver gauge, Hare Indian River	3.85 m	Normal	±0	61 km
Carcajou River below Imperial RiverRiver gauge, Carcajou River	4.03 m	Normal	−0.09 m	66 km
Bosworth Creek near Norman WellsRiver gauge, Bosworth Creek	8.84 m	Normal	−0.01 m	83 km
Mackenzie River at Norman WellsRiver gauge, Mackenzie River	4.15 m	Normal	−0.04 m	88 km

Questions and answers

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

The median for mid-October is 8.79 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 8.46 m and 8.86 m, based on 19 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 8.59 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

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

On Oct 19, 2026, 08:10 PM PDT, the water level was 8.59 m. Up 0.04 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Chick Creek above Chick Lake rising or falling?

Up 0.04 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.03 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Chick Creek above Chick Lake normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 19 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:10KD009 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 65.85486, -128.13414 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station 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	8.59 m	2026-10-20 03:10	Provisional
Flow	0.17 m³/s	2026-10-20 03:10	Provisional

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Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer