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River Manifold water levels

Live levels from 1 monitoring station across Staffordshire, updated every 15 minutes.

1stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
IlamIlam0.07 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.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Manifold above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.

1 gauged tributary, 1 gauge

River Hamps

Joins the Manifold above Ilam, its highest gauge, no more than 14.5 km by river above Ilam.

Waterhouses0.12 mASD 31m agoNormal

Its water passes every gauge on the Manifold, from Ilam down.

Where the Manifold goes

Below Ilam, its water next reaches Mayfield, a gauge on River Dove, 8.6 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.

Streams without a gauge

Named streams on the river map that flow into the Manifold and have no gauge of their own. Each has a page with what is known about it: the next gauge downstream, and any storm overflows or water-sampling points placed on it.

Storm overflows upstream

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

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 3 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 Ilam: 177 spills over 2,338 hours in total, across all 3.

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 Manifold includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Ilam, the Manifold’s highest gauge2 overflows
River Hamps, above Waterhousesjoins the Manifold above Ilam1 overflow
  • Winkhill Pumping Station Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into River Hamps · 4.1 km by river above Waterhouses · 2025: 25 spills, 330 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

Within 3 km of one of the Manifold’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.

  • Church Lane Pumping Station Not discharging
    Severn Trent Water · into Thorpe Brook (River Dove) · 1.9 km from Ilam in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 19 spills, 108 h

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: © Severn Trent 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.

16 sampling points on the River Manifold and the streams that join it above Ilam. 6 have a sample from the last 12 months; 13 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Waterhouses River Hamps 2 points
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
River Hamps Onecote B5053 - MinewaterRiver Hamps11 km9 Apr 2024 · 2.5 years agopH 8.06
River Hamps - WinkhillRiver Hamps4.2 km10 Jul 2026 · 3 months agoOxygen 92.1%Temp 20.1 °CpH 7.92Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Above Ilam River Manifold 14 points, 11 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Upstream of Oakendough BrookOakenclough Brook30 km8 Dec 2025 · 10 months agoOxygen 100.1%Temp 7.2 °CpH 6.83Ammonia 0.0081 mg/l
Blake Brook - Lumpool PlantationBlake Brook27 kmLast sampled 24 Mar 2023, before the imported period
River Manifold - LongnorRiver Manifold24 km22 May 2026 · 5 months agoOxygen 102.6%Temp 14.5 °CpH 7.84Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Manifold - downstream of B5053 Bridge LongnorRiver Manifold24 kmLast sampled 17 May 2001, before the imported period
Blake Brook - BridgendBlake Brook23 km9 Apr 2024 · 2.5 years agopH 7.84
River Manifold - Brund MillRiver Manifold20 km10 Apr 2024 · 2.5 years agopH 7.42
Warslow Brook tributary at Townheadunnamed stream17 km12 Dec 2024 · 22 months agoOxygen 97.7%Temp 6.1 °CpH 7.21Ammonia 0.015 mg/l
River Manifold (Upper) Metals SurveyRiver Manifold17 kmLast sampled 24 Mar 2023, before the imported period
River Manifold - Hulme EndRiver Manifold17 km21 Sep 2026 · 17 days agoOxygen 99.1%Temp 12.9 °CpH 8.07Ammonia 0.061 mg/l
River Hamps - WaterhousesRiver Hamps14 km31 Mar 2025 · 18 months agoOxygen 114.4%Temp 9 °CpH 8.57Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
Warslow Brook - EctonWarslow Brook14 km9 Apr 2024 · 2.5 years agopH 7.74
River Manifold at KirksteadsRiver Manifold12 km21 Aug 2026 · 48 days agoOxygen 109.5%Temp 14.2 °CpH 8.57Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l
River Manifold - Wetton MillRiver Manifold11 km9 Apr 2024 · 2.5 years agopH 7.82
River Manifold - IlamRiver Manifold0.5 km7 Sep 2026 · 31 days agoOxygen 107.5%Temp 12.5 °CpH 7.91Ammonia 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.

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