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Live levels from 3 monitoring stations across South Yorkshire, updated every 15 minutes.
| Station | Level now | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dore Twenty Well Lane | 0.34 m 28m ago | Normal | ||
| 4.0 km by river | ||||
| Sheffield Centenary Works | -0.05 m 28m ago | Low | ||
| 3.2 km by river | ||||
| Highfield | 0.13 m 28m ago | Normal | ||
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.
Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Sheaf above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.
Joins the Sheaf between Sheffield Centenary Works and Highfield, no more than 3.5 km by river above Highfield.
| Sheffield Meersbrook | 0.51 m 28m ago | Normal |
Its water passes Highfield and every gauge below it on the Sheaf. It does not pass Sheffield Centenary Works or the gauges above it.
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.
16 storm overflows are traced upstream of Highfield, the Sheaf’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Sheaf itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Highfield: 348 spills over 1,175 hours in total, across all 16.
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 Sheaf includes the smaller streams that join it there.
Within 3 km of one of the Sheaf’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
21 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Sheaf’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: © Yorkshire 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.
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.
13 sampling points on the River Sheaf and the streams that join it above Highfield, and below it. 3 have a sample from the last 12 months; 5 have any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totley Brook Gillfield Wood | Totley Brook | 4.7 km | 21 Sep 2026 · 17 days ago | Oxygen 98.4%Temp 12.2 °CpH 8.05Ammonia 0.01 mg/l |
| Sheaf at West View | River Sheaf | 0.8 km | Last sampled 3 Aug 2010, before the imported period |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limb Brook upstream of Dore Colliery & Moss minewater | Limb Brook | 4.5 km | Last sampled 26 Nov 2004, before the imported period | |
| Limb Brook downstream of Dore Colliery | Limb Brook | 4.3 km | Last sampled 26 Nov 2004, before the imported period | |
| Limb Brook at Abbeydale Road South | Limb Brook | 3.7 km | Last sampled 1 May 2014, before the imported period | |
| Abbey Brook at Beauchief Abbey | Abbey Brook | 3.4 km | Last sampled 27 Oct 2000, before the imported period | |
| Abbey Brook at Beauchief | Abbey Brook | 2.9 km | 21 Sep 2026 · 17 days ago | Oxygen 94.7%Temp 13.2 °CpH 7.88Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Sheaf at Millhouses Park | River Sheaf | 1.2 km | 7 Mar 2025 · 19 months ago | Oxygen 105.2%Temp 8.3 °CpH 8.01Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Sheaf at Woodseats Road Underpath | River Sheaf | 0.1 km | Last sampled 11 May 2017, before the imported period |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Above the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meers Brook at Northcote Avenue - Valley Road | Meers Brook | 3.4 km | Last sampled 23 Jun 2009, before the imported period | |
| Sheaf at Heeley Bottom | River Sheaf | 1.5 km | Last sampled 23 Jan 2007, before the imported period |
| Sampling point | Watercourse (map) | Below the gauge | Last sample | Latest results (river water) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheaf at Granville Square South | River Sheaf | 0.1 km | 18 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago | Oxygen 103%Temp 17 °CpH 8.25Ammonia below 0.03 mg/l |
| Sheaf at Pond Hill | River Sheaf | 0.9 km | 6 Mar 2025 · 19 months ago | Oxygen 104%Temp 7.5 °CpH 7.99Ammonia 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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