Horner Creek near Princeton water level

Name: Horner Creek near Princeton 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, Horner Creek, Ontario, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

3.24m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 12:05 PM EDT (1 hour ago)

History

7 days 30 days 1 year Years compared

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

At 3.24 m, Horner Creek near Princeton is below normal for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 3.28 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the water level is 0.04 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 3.22 m, a difference of +0.03 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 3.22 m and 3.29 m.

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

Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 3.28 m0.04 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 3.23 m – 3.44 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Same day last year: 3.22 m+0.03 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 3.22 m – 3.29 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 3.21 m – 3.69 m

Conditions at Horner Creek near Princeton

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: 1.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 18° 2° – Wind 17 km/h

20 Tue 16° 4° – Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 16° 3° – Wind 11 km/h

22 Thu 19° 6° – Wind 12 km/h

23 Fri 15° 6° – Wind 22 km/h

24 Sat 17° 4° – Wind 14 km/h

25 Sun 18° 8° – Wind 25 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:34 PM Daylight 10 hr, 53 min First quarter 61%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Nith River near CanningRiver gauge, Nith River	3.17 m	Low	−0.01 m	8.1 km
Thames River at InnerkipRiver gauge, Thames River	7.29 m	Low	±0	12 km
Whitemans Creek near Mount VernonRiver gauge, Whitemans Creek	1.13 m	Low	−0.01 m	15 km
Cedar Creek at WoodstockRiver gauge, Cedar Creek	3.80 m	High	−0.01 m	17 km
Alder Creek near New DundeeRiver gauge, Alder Creek	12.88 m	Low	±0	22 km
Hunsburger Creek near Wilmot CentreRiver gauge, Hunsburger Creek	0.88 m	Low	±0	22 km
Big Creek near KelvinRiver gauge, Big Creek	6.04 m	Normal	−0.03 m	23 km
Big Otter Creek above OttervilleRiver gauge, Big Otter Creek	3.85 m	Low	−0.01 m	23 km

Questions and answers

Is Horner Creek near Princeton higher than last year?

Yes, it is 0.03 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 3.22 m.

What is a normal level for Horner Creek near Princeton in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 3.28 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 3.23 m and 3.44 m, based on 21 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 3.24 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Horner Creek near Princeton today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 12:05 PM EDT, the water level was 3.24 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Horner Creek near Princeton rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Horner Creek near Princeton normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 21 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.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:02GB006 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 43.17394, -80.55264 (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	3.24 m	2026-10-19 16:05	Provisional

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