Pinewood River at Highway No. 617 water level

Name: Pinewood River at Highway No. 617 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, Pinewood River, Ontario, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

10.66m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 19, 2026, 05:15 PM CDT (58 min ago)

Flow: 0.71 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The Pinewood River at Highway No. 617 is at 10.66 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 10.55 m, based on 20 years of readings, so the water level is 0.10 m above typical. A year ago it stood at 10.65 m as well.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 10.30 m and 10.89 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: 10.55 m0.10 m above the median for this date
Normal for this date: 10.24 m – 11.04 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Same day last year: 10.65 m0.00 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 10.30 m – 10.89 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 10.30 m – 10.86 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

No rain in the last 3 days.

19 Mon 15° -2° – Wind 11 km/h

20 Tue 18° 0° – Wind 19 km/h

21 Wed 17° 4° – Wind 13 km/h

22 Thu 20° 7° – Wind 11 km/h

23 Fri 21° 11° 0.4 mm, 45% Wind 20 km/h

24 Sat 21° 9° 1.0 mm, 45% Wind 25 km/h

25 Sun 8° 1° – Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:44 AM Sunset 06:21 PM Daylight 10 hr, 37 min First quarter 63%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Rainy River at Manitou RapidsRiver gauge, Rainy River	6,600 cfs	Low	+10.0 cfs	17 mi
Rainy River at Rainy RiverRiver gauge, Rainy River	322.78 m	Normal	−0.05 m	29 km
Rainy River above Lake of the WoodsRiver gauge, Rainy River	97.29 m	Normal	−0.03 m	35 km
Lake of the Woods at Hanson BayLake, Lake of the Woods	322.70 m	Normal	−0.05 m	38 km
Rainy River near Boat Landing at Wheelers PointRiver gauge, Rainy River	4.67 ft	Normal	−0.03 ft	24 mi
Rapid River near BaudetteRiver gauge, Rapid River	415 cfs	Normal	−49.0 cfs	25 mi
La Vallee River near BurrissRiver gauge, La Vallee River	12.19 m	Very high	±0	40 km
Rainy Lake at Northwest BayLake, Rainy Lake	8.49 m	Normal	+0.02 m	41 km

Questions and answers

Is the Pinewood River at Highway No. 617 higher than last year?

It is about the same as on this day last year, when the reading was 10.65 m.

What is a normal level for the Pinewood River at Highway No. 617 in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 10.55 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 10.24 m and 11.04 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 10.66 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Pinewood River at Highway No. 617 today?

On Oct 19, 2026, 05:15 PM CDT, the water level was 10.66 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Pinewood River at Highway No. 617 rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Up 0.17 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Pinewood River at Highway No. 617 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.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:05PC023 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 48.79795, -94.18481 (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	10.66 m	2026-10-19 22:15	Provisional
Flow	0.71 m³/s	2026-10-19 22:15	Provisional

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