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River Iwerne water levels

Live levels from 2 monitoring stations across Dorset, updated every 15 minutes.

2stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
StourpaineBlandford Forum0.05 mASD 46m agoNormal—
Stourpaine HavelinsStourpaine0.05 mASD 31m agoLow—

Stations are listed from source to mouth as the water flows, traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers) and the Environment Agency’s own links between its gauges. A distance “by river” is along the river, and is shown only where the map traces the path.

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Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Iwerne above one of its gauges, from the source down. The river map knows where gauges are, not every stream, so a tributary without a gauge is not listed here.

No gauged tributary joins the Iwerne above Stourpaine Havelins on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Iwerne goes

Below Stourpaine Havelins, its water next reaches Blandford, a gauge on River Stour, 5.9 km by river downstream.

Tributaries and where they join are traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers, edition 2026-04) and the Environment Agency’s links between its gauges. The map holds distances between gauges, not the junctions themselves, so a junction is placed between two gauges, and no further up than the tributary’s own lowest gauge. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Storm overflows upstream

2 storm overflows are traced upstream of Stourpaine Havelins, the Iwerne’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Iwerne itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 2 not discharging
  • 0 offline or silent: 0 monitor offline, 0 status unknown, 0 no live feed

Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Stourpaine Havelins: 84 spills over 1,821 hours in total, across all 2.

Each overflow is listed in the stretch above the first gauge its water reaches, from the source down, as on the Gauges tab. A stretch of the Iwerne includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Stourpaine, the Iwerne’s highest gauge2 overflows
  • Iwerne Minster Wrc Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into River Iwerne · 5.0 km by river above Stourpaine · 2025: 83 spills, 1,816 h
  • Shroton Pumping Station Not discharging
    Wessex Water · into River Iwerne · 2.9 km by river above Stourpaine · 2025: 1 spill, 4.5 h

2 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Iwerne’s lowest gauge or on another river, so not listed.

A status is the water company’s own monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, never how much or why, and a spill does not by itself explain a change in a river level. A status older than two hours is shown as unknown. Annual figures are the official returns: 12/24-hour spills for England and Wales, overflow events for Scotland (Scottish Water counts differently, so the two cannot be compared). “No data” means the monitor produced no usable data that year, not zero. Overflows are placed on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels: an overflow the map cannot place may still drain here. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Sewage in Britain’s rivers →

Live status: © Wessex Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Annual figures for England: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Water samples

Dated samples taken by the Environment Agency, not live readings. Results are published days to months after the sample is taken, and many points are sampled only a few times a year, or have not been sampled for years.

3 sampling points on the River Iwerne and the streams that join it above Stourpaine Havelins. 1 has a sample from the last 12 months; 1 has any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Stourpaine River Iwerne 3 points, 1 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Iwerne downstream of Iwerne Springs Fish FarmRiver Iwerne5.0 kmLast sampled 17 Dec 2004, before the imported period
River Iwerne at Oyles MillRiver Iwerne4.6 kmLast sampled 31 Jan 2013, before the imported period
River Iwerne at Shroton Frog LaneRiver Iwerne3.8 km9 Sep 2026 · 29 days agoOxygen 91.6%Temp 15.7 °CpH 8.07Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l

Distances are along the river to the gauge named. England's samples only.

FloodRadar does not grade these results: there is no overall score, and official river classifications are a separate dataset. A sample taken downstream of an overflow does not by itself show where anything in it came from. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels.

Water samples: Environment Agency Water Quality Archive, © Environment Agency and/or database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.