Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for White River at Kilometre 1881.6 Alaska Highway in YT, Canada, built from official government gauge data.
White River at Kilometre 1881.6 Alaska Highway in the Upper White watershed, Yukon.
This reach usually peaks in July, when the typical level is 23.34 m (76.56 ft). The lowest month is October, with a typical level of 21.63 m (70.97 ft). That seasonal swing is 1.7 m (5.6 ft), so docks, intakes, and bank access need room for a broad range between summer water and autumn low water.
The regional pattern fits that shape: snowmelt drives a May-July peak, and glacier-fed rivers can stay high through summer. In winter, levels are much lower. That is the cycle to plan around here.
The highest level in the record is 24.58 m (80.63 ft), set in July 2011. The lowest is 20.22 m (66.34 ft), set in October 2023. Those two marks show that the river can sit well below its summer high and still move back into a much higher range later in the year.
The station has 47 years on record. No fastest 24-hour rise is listed in the facts, so I cannot give a warning-time figure here. For someone fishing or running a shoreline setup, the main takeaway is the spread: the river can change enough through the year to alter depth at the bank and around nearshore structure.
The hero number on this page should be read against the median for this calendar day across the station record, not just as a raw elevation. That comparison tells you whether the river is running above or below its usual position for this date.
This station is a Water Survey of Canada gauge. With more than 47 years on record, the calendar-day median is the better check for where today sits in the river’s normal seasonal pattern.
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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