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🌊 Tidal flow — rises and falls with each tide

Plucks Gutter SLGS Flow

Unknown 🌊 Tidal
• Kent • ID: 0900SO • Flow
This gauge is tidally influenced — levels rise and fall with each tide, so rapid changes here are normal and don't necessarily indicate flooding.
(33m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 154 views
Current Flow
4.177 m3/s
▲ Rising (+284cm/hr)
24h Max
6.271 m3/s
24h Min
0.822 m3/s
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
21.60 m3/s
8 Feb 2026
Since Feb 2025
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Recent Flow Readings

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Recent Readings

Falling · -141 cm over 9h
24 Aug 00:15 ▲▲ +71 cm 4.177 m3/s
24 Aug 00:00 ▲▲ +127 cm 3.466 m3/s
23 Aug 23:45 ▲▲ +138 cm 2.200 m3/s
23 Aug 23:30 ▼ -68 cm 0.822 m3/s
23 Aug 19:30 ▼▼ -268 cm 1.499 m3/s
23 Aug 19:15 ▼▼ -79 cm 4.174 m3/s
23 Aug 19:00 ▼▼ -26 cm 4.960 m3/s
23 Aug 18:45 ▼▼ -13 cm 5.222 m3/s
23 Aug 18:30 ▼ -4 cm 5.353 m3/s
23 Aug 18:15 ▼ -2 cm 5.388 m3/s
23 Aug 18:00 ▼ -0.6 cm 5.412 m3/s
23 Aug 17:45 ▲ +3 cm 5.418 m3/s
23 Aug 17:30 ▼ -0.3 cm 5.388 m3/s
23 Aug 17:15 ▼▼ -6 cm 5.391 m3/s
23 Aug 17:00 ▼▼ -6 cm 5.448 m3/s
23 Aug 16:45 ▼▼ -13 cm 5.505 m3/s
23 Aug 16:30 ▲▲ +19 cm 5.636 m3/s
23 Aug 16:15 ▼ -4 cm 5.448 m3/s
23 Aug 16:00 ▼▼ -9 cm 5.489 m3/s
23 Aug 15:45 5.584 m3/s

Rainfall & Weather

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2013 for the 11 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.9 km away).

2severe warnings 14flood warnings 128flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 29 Feb 2024Grove Ferry and Plucks Gutter

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 0 12
2025 0 0 10
2024 0 3 27
2023 0 1 17
2022 0 0 10
2021 0 4 9
2020 0 3 14
2019 0 1 13
2018 0 0 6
2017 0 0 6
2015 0 0 2
2014 0 0 2
2013 2 2 0

Warnings apply to a whole flood area, not necessarily this exact spot. Years before 2006 aren't covered by the EA's historic record.

Nearby Stations

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Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Plucks Gutter SLGS Flow
  • Watercourse:
  • County: Kent
  • Coordinates: 51°19'28"N 1°15'20"E (51.324401, 1.255693)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Tidal / coastal station (inferred)
  • Station Reference: 0900SO
  • EA Gauge ID: 0900SO-flow--i-15_min-m3_s
  • Parameter: Flow
  • Unit: m3/s
  • Typical rise rate: 1,304 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: 🌊 Yes — levels follow the tide
  • Lock / structure: No

Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

Frequently asked questions

Is Plucks Gutter SLGS Flow flooding today?

The latest recorded level is 4.18m. Compare it with the recent history on the chart above to judge whether levels are unusually high.

Is the river level rising or falling at Plucks Gutter SLGS Flow?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently rising. The chart above shows the last 7 days of measurements, updated roughly every 15 minutes.

Why is the level slowly falling?

When little or no rain has fallen for a while, a river level gradually drops as the water stored in the ground and soil drains away with nothing to replace it. This is called baseflow recession and is normal in dry spells. A gentle decline like this is expected and is not a sign of a problem — downstream gauges often recede a little faster than headwaters further upstream, and levels recover once rain returns.

How often is this river level data updated?

Readings are taken by the Environment Agency gauge roughly every 15 minutes and FloodRadar refreshes its data continuously, so the level shown is normally less than an hour old.

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