Moira River Level

The live level and flow of the Moira at the Foxboro gauge, with the spring-freshet story and Quinte Conservation's flood messages.

About these tools

The Moira drops into the Bay of Quinte at downtown Belleville. Most of the year it behaves; in spring it swells with snowmelt — the freshet — and some years it floods. This page reads the Water Survey of Canada gauge near Foxboro, so you can watch the river the way the flood-watchers do.

Moira River · Moira River near Foxboro

7.14 m

Low for the river’s recent range. Steady over the past few days. Measured Aug 23, 9:10 p.m..

11.3 m³/s

Flow

discharge, cubic metres per second

7.14 m

Level

stage height at the gauge

7.10 m – 7.77 m

Recent range

lowest and highest in the last 30 days at this gauge

The official flood warning is at Quinte Conservation

These numbers describe the river. They are not a flood warning — the official flood-vigilance level for this station is set by Quinte Conservation.

Flood messages for the Moira come from Quinte Conservation, in three steps: a Watershed Conditions Statement (a heads-up), a Flood Watch (flooding possible — prepare), and a Flood Warning (flooding imminent or happening — act). Office: 613-968-3434.

Open the Quinte Conservation page

Worth knowing

The gauge is at Foxboro, upstream of the city

The Water Survey of Canada station sits about 10 km north of downtown, at Foxboro — the area hit worst in the April 2014 flood. A rise there is a rise heading for the city.

Spring is the season to watch

April 2014 brought record heights, a state of emergency and hundreds of volunteers sandbagging around Foxboro. April 2025 put parts of the Riverfront Trail underwater. In spring 2026, Quinte Conservation went from a flood outlook (10 March) to a Flood Watch (5 April) before standing down on 22 April — that ladder of messages is the rhythm of a Belleville spring.

Official channels

Quinte Conservation — Moira River flood messagesCurrent statements, watches and warnings for the Moira.

Checked Aug 23, 9:48 p.m.. River data from the Water Survey of Canada (Environment and Climate Change Canada), under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Real-time readings are provisional and unvalidated, and may later be revised.