Black Creek near Hensall water level

Name: Black Creek near Hensall 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, Black Creek, Ontario, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

5.36m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 10:50 AM EDT (43 min ago)

Flow: 0.04 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Black Creek near Hensall is at 5.36 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 5.36 m, based on 20 years of readings, and the gauge is right on it.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 5.33 m and 5.46 m.

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

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 5.36 m0.00 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 5.30 m – 5.55 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 5.33 m – 5.46 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 5.34 m – 5.43 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 Black Creek

Black Creek is a river in the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada. It flows from the city of Vaughan in the Regional Municipality of York to the Humber River in Toronto. Black Creek is smaller than most of the waterways in the Greater Toronto Area.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 9.7 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 17° 4° – Wind 14 km/h

20 Tue 18° 5° – Wind 20 km/h

21 Wed 17° 5° – Wind 13 km/h

22 Thu 18° 7° – Wind 16 km/h

23 Fri 16° 7° – Wind 22 km/h

24 Sat 17° 6° – Wind 20 km/h

25 Sun 18° 9° – Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:45 AM Sunset 06:38 PM Daylight 10 hr, 53 min First quarter 60%

Map

Other gauges on Black Creek

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Black Creek near BradshawRiver gauge, Black Creek	6.40 m	Normal	+0.01 m	96 km
Black Creek at LimehouseRiver gauge, Black Creek	8.13 m	No reference yet	±0	125 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Ausable River near ExeterRiver gauge, Ausable River	3.32 m	Normal	±0	6.4 km
Silver Creek at SeaforthRiver gauge, Silver Creek	5.73 m	Low	±0	16 km
Bayfield River near VarnaRiver gauge, Bayfield River	0.78 m	Low	−0.02 m	17 km
South Maitland River at RoxboroRiver gauge, South Maitland River	3.98 m	Low	−0.01 m	19 km
Tricks Creek near ClintonRiver gauge, Tricks Creek	6.34 m	Normal	±0	20 km
North Thames River near MitchellRiver gauge, North Thames River	3.61 m	Normal	±0	24 km
Little Ausable River near Lucan CrossingRiver gauge, Little Ausable River	2.51 m	Normal	−0.01 m	27 km
South Maitland River at SummerhillRiver gauge, South Maitland River	9.15 m	Very low	−0.01 m	30 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Black Creek near Hensall in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 5.36 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 5.30 m and 5.55 m, based on 20 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 5.36 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Black Creek near Hensall today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 10:50 AM EDT, the water level was 5.36 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Black Creek near Hensall rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.06 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Black Creek near Hensall normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 20 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:02FF014 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 43.41883, -81.49547 (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	5.36 m	2026-10-19 14:50	Provisional
Flow	0.04 m³/s	2026-10-19 14:50	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Black Creek near Hensall (eccc:02FF014). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/black-creek-near-hensall

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