Little Paddle River near Mayerthorpe Water Level
Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for Little Paddle River near Mayerthorpe in AB, Canada, built from official government gauge data.
- Location AB, Canada
- Watershed central pembina alta
- Primary gauge 07BB005 (Water Survey of Canada)
About Little Paddle River near Mayerthorpe
Little Paddle River near Mayerthorpe sits in the Central Pembina watershed in Alberta.
The watershed
This gauge tracks 415 km2 (160 sq mi) of drainage above the station, not the whole watershed. For people upstream and downstream, that matters: the numbers here reflect the water arriving to this reach, from snow, rain, and local runoff, before it joins bigger water.
What the numbers say
The long record here runs for more than 62 years. The highest recorded level was 6.13 m (20.11 ft) in July 2012, and the lowest recorded level was 1.04 m (3.42 ft) in March 2019. That spread is a wide range for docks, crossings, and intakes to deal with over time.
Seasonally, the river is typically highest in April at 2.12 m (6.94 ft) and lowest in February at 1.19 m (3.91 ft). The typical annual swing is 92.3 cm (3 ft), so the water here can move enough through the year to change shallow access and edge conditions even without an extreme event. In this part of Alberta, that spring peak fits the usual snowmelt pattern, while summer storms can still bring sharp rises when they hit.
No fastest 24-hour rise is listed in the facts for this station, so I cannot say how much warning this river gives in a day.
Reading the hero number
The number shown on the page is best read against the median for this calendar day, because that tells you whether today is high or low for this date at this station. Raw elevation alone does not do that: a level that looks ordinary in April may be high in February, and the opposite can also be true.
At the Water Survey of Canada station, that calendar-day comparison is the practical one for cottagers, anglers, farmers, and flood-watchers watching the Little Paddle River near Mayerthorpe.
How this page is built
Readings come from official government gauges and are rolled into daily records: the daily mean, high and low for every day on record. Each calendar day gets its own baseline from the full history, so the level you see is compared against what this specific date usually looks like rather than an annual average.
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