Indian River below Hope Mill Dam water level

Name: Indian River below Hope Mill Dam 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, Indian River, Ontario, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

7.32m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 11:05 AM 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

The Indian River below Hope Mill Dam is at 7.32 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 7.32 m, based on 7 years of readings, so the water level is 0.01 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 7.30 m, a difference of +0.01 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 7.26 m and 7.40 m.

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

Compared with 7 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 7.32 m0.01 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 7.29 m – 7.34 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (7 years of records)
Same day last year: 7.30 m+0.01 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 7.26 m – 7.40 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 7.29 m – 7.38 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 the Indian River

The Indian River is a river in Peterborough County in Central Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin, and is a tributary of Rice Lake.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 12 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 15° 0° – Wind 20 km/h

19 Mon 16° 5° – Wind 16 km/h

20 Tue 16° 5° – Wind 17 km/h

21 Wed 15° 2° – Wind 11 km/h

22 Thu 17° 5° – Wind 22 km/h

23 Fri 11° 0° – Wind 16 km/h

24 Sat 12° 0° – Wind 20 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:32 AM Sunset 06:25 PM Daylight 10 hr, 53 min First quarter 51%

Map

Other gauges on the Indian River

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Indian River above Hope Mill DamRiver gauge, Indian River	9.74 m	Normal	±0	0.0 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Ouse River near WestwoodRiver gauge, Ouse River	12.49 m	Normal	−0.01 m	10 km
Jackson Creek at PeterboroughRiver gauge, Jackson Creek	1.59 m	High	±0	12 km
Otonabee River near Robinsons IslandRiver gauge, Otonabee River	7.36 m	Normal	+0.01 m	13 km
Jackson Creek near Jackson HeightsRiver gauge, Jackson Creek	3.02 m	High	±0	16 km
Ouse River at NorwoodRiver gauge, Ouse River	6.92 m	Normal	±0	19 km
Burnley Creek above WarkworthRiver gauge, Burnley Creek	2.53 m	Normal	−0.02 m	23 km
Baxter Creek at MillbrookRiver gauge, Baxter Creek	2.42 m	Normal	±0	26 km
Trout Creek near CampbellfordRiver gauge, Trout Creek	2.04 m	Very low	−0.01 m	27 km

Questions and answers

Is the Indian River below Hope Mill Dam higher than last year?

Yes, it is 0.01 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 7.30 m.

What is a normal level for the Indian River below Hope Mill Dam in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 7.32 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 7.29 m and 7.34 m, based on 7 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 7.32 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Indian River below Hope Mill Dam today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 11:05 AM EDT, the water level was 7.32 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Indian River below Hope Mill Dam rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Up 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Indian River below Hope Mill Dam normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 7 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:02HJ012 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 44.28405, -78.17217 (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	7.32 m	2026-10-18 15:05	Provisional

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