Birch River at Highway No. 7
Water level and flow at gauge 10ED003, Northwest Territories. The flow is well below normal for October (3% of the median). In the last 24 hours it has been falling.
Latest reading Oct 25, 5 AM local standard time (2 hours ago) · data checked · we check every 30 minutes
Compared with a normal October
Normal for October (middle half of 50 years of monthly averages): 0.66 m³/s23.2 cfs – 2.61 m³/s92.2 cfs, median 1.40 m³/s49.6 cfs. Right now it is at 3% of the median.
July 2, 1988 · approved records 1975–2021 (HYDAT). Right now the flow is 0% of that record.
Last 30 days
Hourly readings · shaded: normal range for this month
This year compared with past years
Daily flow
Normal range: monthly averages of 49 years (lighter band: 10th–90th percentile). Past years: approved daily means from HYDAT, the Water Survey of Canada archive (the latest year published is 2025). 2026: daily means of the provisional real-time readings collected by Canada River Levels since October 22, 2026.
Nearby gauges
| Scotty CreekHighway No. 7 · 35 km | 2.90 m9.52 ft | Very low |
| Jean-Marie RiverHighway No. 1 · 47 km | 1.63 m5.36 ft | Very low |
| Blackstone RiverHighway No. 7 · 53 km | 3.36 m11.01 ft | Very low |
| Liard RiverThe Mouth · 65 km | 1.98 m6.48 ft | Very low |
| Martin RiverHighway No. 1 · 67 km | 1.85 m6.07 ft | Very low |
| Grainger RiverCanadian Zinc Road · 70 km | 8.17 m26.80 ft | Very low |
About this gauge
Station: 10ED003 · Birch River at Highway No. 7
Location: 61.3336, -122.0943 · Northwest Territories
Water levels are measured from a local reference point at each gauge, not from sea level, so they cannot be compared between gauges.
Official sources
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Questions
What is the water level of the Birch River at Highway No. 7 today?
The latest reading (Oct 25, 5 AM, local standard time) is 0.53 m (1.74 ft) with a flow of 0.04 m³/s (1.48 cfs).
Is the Birch River at Highway No. 7 high right now?
The flow is well below normal for October (3% of the median).
Is the Birch River rising or falling?
In the last 24 hours it has been falling.
What is the highest flow ever recorded on the Birch River at Highway No. 7?
390 m³/s (13,773 cfs) on July 2, 1988, the highest instantaneous flow in the approved records of the Water Survey of Canada (1975–2021). Events after 2021 are not yet in the approved archive.
Where does this data come from?
Gauge 10ED003 of the Water Survey of Canada (Environment and Climate Change Canada). Real-time data are provisional and may be revised. We check for new readings every 30 minutes. Canada River Levels is not an official source.