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Yukon river levels today

Are the rivers and lakes in Yukon unusually low or high?

We follow 70 water level places in Yukon. 7 places read below their normal range for the date and 3 places above it.

How many places do we follow in Yukon?

70 Water Survey of Canada level gauges of the 2,148 we follow in Canada, as of 26 October 2026.

How many waters in Yukon have a level gauge?

59 waters with a level gauge, of the 1,635 waters we follow in Canada, as of 26 October 2026.

How many places read below normal for the date?

7 places below their normal range, of the 53 places with a current reading and a normal range for the date, as of 26 October 2026.

How many places read above normal for the date?

3 places above their normal range, of the 53 places with a current reading and a normal range for the date, as of 26 October 2026.

How the places stand today

7 places below normal and 3 places above

Which places are furthest below normal?

  1. Aishihik Lake (downstream)Aishihik River

    3.058 m

    lower than any day of these dates in 13 years

  2. MouthRancheria River

    8.251 m

    in the lowest 5 percent for the date

  3. Km 1084.8 Alaska HighwayBig Creek (Yukon)

    3.398 m

    in the lowest 5 percent for the date

  4. Burwash LandingKluane Lake

    1.72 m

    in the lowest 5 percent for the date

  5. WhitehorseYukon River

    29.264 m

    in the lowest 5 percent for the date

More places
  1. Kilometre 1881.6 Alaska HighwayWhite River (Yukon)

    20.334 m

    in the lowest 10 percent for the date

  2. Rowlinson Creek (downstream)Nordenskiold River

    2.865 m

    in the lowest 10 percent for the date

Which places are furthest above normal?

  1. WhitehorseIbex River

    4.11 m

    in the highest 5 percent for the date

  2. International BoundaryPorcupine River

    7.958 m

    in the highest 5 percent for the date

  3. MouthOld Crow River

    24.737 m

    in the highest 10 percent for the date

Which gauges do we follow in Yukon?

PlaceReadingAgainst normal for the dateChange in a day
Aishihik Lake
Aishihik3.815 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.002 m
Whitehorse3.325 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.038 m
Aishihik River
Aishihik Lake (downstream)3.058 mlower than any day of these dates in 13 years0 m
Alsek River
Bates River (upstream)7.515 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.031 m
Babbage River
Caribou Creek (downstream)3.737 m+0.018 m
Beaver River (Yukon)
Matson Creek (downstream)6.104 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.054 m
Bennett Lake
Carcross2.013 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.002 m
Big Creek (Yukon)
Km 1084.8 Alaska Highway3.398 min the lowest 5 percent for the date+0.079 m
Mouth6.195 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.094 m
Big Salmon River
Carmacks0.931 m+0.03 m
Blackstone River (Yukon)
Chapman Lake Airstrip4.146 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.186 m
Bonnet Plume River
Gillespie Creek (upstream)5.787 m-0.006 m
Caribou Creek (Yukon)
Babbage River (upstream)2.506 m+0.001 m
Dezadeash River
Haines Junction3.05 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.076 m
Drury Creek
Km 469 Robert Campbell Highway7.327 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.004 m
Duke River
Mouth5.349 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.008 m
Eagle River (Yukon)
Dempster Highway Bridge2.91 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.025 m
Firth River
Mouth4.195 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.04 m
Fishing Branch
Chii Ch'a'an Mountain2.992 m+0.048 m
Frances River
Watson Lake1.436 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.024 m
Giltana Creek
Mouth0.649 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.007 m
Hess River
Emerald Creek (upstream)13.929 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.016 m
Hyland River
Kilometre 108.5 Nahanni Range Road0.343 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.016 m
Ibex River
Whitehorse4.11 min the highest 5 percent for the date-0.022 m
Indian River (Yukon)
Mouth (upstream)1.728 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.053 m
Klondike River
Bonanza Creek (upstream)0.997 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.059 m
Kluane Lake
Burwash Landing1.72 min the lowest 5 percent for the date+0.001 m
Kluane River
Outlet of Kluane Lake25.498 m+0.007 m
Lake Laberge
Whitehorse7.073 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.034 m
Liard River
Scurvy Creek (downstream)6.577 m-0.024 m
Upper Crossing2.177 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.03 m
Little South Klondike River
Ross Creek (downstream)4.031 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.142 m
Marsh Lake
Whitehorse2.714 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.004 m
Mayo Lake
Mayo Lake3.442 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.008 m
Mayo River
Highway No. 116.731 m+0.002 m
Mayo Lake (downstream)8.304 m+0.011 m
McQuesten River
Mouth3.703 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.025 m
Morley River
Km 1251 Alaska Highway3.746 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.031 m
Nisling River
Onion Creek (downstream)13.925 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.08 m
Nordenskiold River
Rowlinson Creek (downstream)2.865 min the lowest 10 percent for the date+0.07 m
North Klondike River
Mouth1.78 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.002 m
Ogilvie River
Kilometre 197.9 Dempster Highway6.766 m+0.061 m
Old Crow River
Mouth24.737 min the highest 10 percent for the date-0.022 m
Peel River
Canyon Creek (upstream)1.166 m+0.15 m
Pelly River
Pelly Crossing1.794 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.024 m
Ross River0.98 m-0.012 m
Vangorda Creek (downstream)4.494 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.034 m
Porcupine River
Bell River (downstream)23.438 m-0.411 m
International Boundary7.958 min the highest 5 percent for the date-0.098 m
Rancheria River
Mouth8.251 min the lowest 5 percent for the date-0.02 m
Ross River
Ross River9.745 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.017 m
Sekulmun Lake
Whitehorse2.265 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.006 m
Sidney Creek
Kilometre 46 South Canol Road27.224 m-0.027 m
Sixty Mile River
Mouth6.225 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.02 m
South Macmillan River
Kilometre 407 Canol Road1.455 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.056 m
Stewart River
Mayo3.968 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.122 m
Mouth26.473 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.002 m
Tagish Lake
10 Mile Road6.926 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.002 m
Takhanne River
Km 167 Haines Highway28.992 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.05 m
Takhini River
Whitehorse3.03 mwithin the normal range for the date0 m
Tatshenshini River
Dalton Post4.765 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.029 m
Teslin Lake
Teslin4.26 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.008 m
West Aishihik River
Mouth7.036 m+0.186 m
Wheaton River
Carcross1.687 mwithin the normal range for the date+0.016 m
White River (Yukon)
Kilometre 1881.6 Alaska Highway20.334 min the lowest 10 percent for the date+0.033 m
Whitestone River
Mouth1.436 m+0.06 m
Yukon River
Carmacks2.712 m-0.049 m
Dawson1.039 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.062 m
White River (upstream)8.691 mwithin the normal range for the date-0.047 m
Whitehorse29.264 min the lowest 5 percent for the date-0.005 m

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