Trail Valley Creek near Inuvik water level

Name: Trail Valley Creek near Inuvik 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, Trail Valley Creek, Northwest Territories, Canada

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Normal for mid-October

Water level

29.12m Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 11:25 AM PDT (2 hours ago)

Flow: 0.15 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Trail Valley Creek near Inuvik is at 29.12 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

That puts it 0.02 m below the median of 29.14 m for mid-October, based on 11 years of readings.

It has dropped 0.05 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 29.11 m and 29.72 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.

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

Key numbers

Median for this date: 29.14 m0.02 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 29.04 m – 29.28 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 29.11 m – 29.72 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 29.13 m – 29.71 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

Rain in the last 3 days: 19 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue -3° -9° 0.7 mm, 42% Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed -2° -6° 1.5 mm, 92% Wind 32 km/h

22 Thu -5° -10° – Wind 16 km/h

23 Fri -7° -10° – Wind 19 km/h

24 Sat -4° -10° – Wind 30 km/h

25 Sun 1° -4° – Wind 24 km/h

26 Mon 3° 0° 0.5 mm Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 09:22 AM Sunset 05:57 PM Daylight 8 hr, 36 min Waxing gibbous 71%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Hans Creek above Husky LakesRiver gauge, Hans Creek	4.07 m	Very high	+0.10 m	15 km
Mackenzie River (East Channel) at InuvikRiver gauge, Mackenzie River (East Channel)	11.53 m	Normal	−0.01 m	40 km
Mackenzie River (Middle Channel) at Tununuk PointRiver gauge, Mackenzie River (Middle Channel)	10.14 m	High	−0.04 m	57 km
Mackenzie River (Napoiak Channel) above Shallow BayRiver gauge, Mackenzie River (Napoiak Channel)	11.01 m	Very high	−0.02 m	61 km
Mackenzie River (Middle Channel) below Raymond ChannelRiver gauge, Mackenzie River (Middle Channel)	11.23 m	High	−0.02 m	62 km
Mackenzie River (Peel Channel) above AklavikRiver gauge, Mackenzie River (Peel Channel)	10.75 m	Very high	−0.03 m	89 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Trail Valley Creek near Inuvik in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 29.14 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 29.04 m and 29.28 m, based on 11 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 29.12 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Trail Valley Creek near Inuvik today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 11:25 AM PDT, the water level was 29.12 m. Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Trail Valley Creek near Inuvik rising or falling?

Down 0.05 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.04 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Trail Valley Creek near Inuvik 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:10ND002 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 68.73619, -133.49310 (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	29.12 m	2026-10-20 18:25	Provisional
Flow	0.15 m³/s	2026-10-20 18:25	Provisional

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