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Current Level
0.289 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.299 mASD
24h Min
0.289 mASD
Typical Range
0.29 - 2.50
mASD
Highest Recorded
5.18 mASD
EA official record
4.79 in our data (since Jan 1958)
Current level is 6% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. Shown with its calibrated 10–90% confidence band. Under evaluation —
not yet promoted, so treat as a second opinion.
Long Term
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Consecutive rainy days0 → 10+
Days Above Normal
This year vs 5-year monthly range
Recent Readings
Falling · -0.4 cm over 6h
23 Aug 23:00▬ steady0.289 mASD
23 Aug 22:45▼ -0.3 cm0.289 mASD
23 Aug 21:30▲ +0.2 cm0.292 mASD
23 Aug 21:15▼ -0.1 cm0.290 mASD
23 Aug 21:00▬ steady0.291 mASD
23 Aug 20:45▬ steady0.291 mASD
23 Aug 20:30▼ -0.1 cm0.291 mASD
23 Aug 20:15▲ +0.1 cm0.292 mASD
23 Aug 20:00▬ steady0.291 mASD
23 Aug 19:45▼ -0.1 cm0.291 mASD
23 Aug 19:30▲ +0.1 cm0.292 mASD
23 Aug 19:15▬ steady0.291 mASD
23 Aug 19:00▼ -0.1 cm0.291 mASD
23 Aug 18:45▬ steady0.292 mASD
23 Aug 18:30▬ steady0.292 mASD
23 Aug 18:15▼ -0.1 cm0.292 mASD
23 Aug 18:00▲ +0.2 cm0.293 mASD
23 Aug 17:45▼ -0.1 cm0.291 mASD
23 Aug 17:30▼ -0.1 cm0.292 mASD
23 Aug 17:150.293 mASD
Rainfall & Weather
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2011 for the 10 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.3 km away).
Warnings apply to a whole flood area, not necessarily this exact spot. Years before 2006 aren't covered by the EA's historic record.
See also the Matlock Bath flood history.
Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.
Catchment Character
🌊 Mixed responseA balance of quick runoff and slower groundwater baseflow.
Your catchment is all the land that drains rainfall into the river above this gauge. Its character — how
steep, wet, wooded, urban or chalky that land is — decides how fast rain here turns into a rising river. A steep, bare or clay
catchment is “flashy” (rises and falls quickly, floods easily); a flat, chalk or well-wooded one is
slow and steady. The tiles below put numbers to that; the flow-duration curve reads left-to-right
from the river’s typical high flows (Q5) down to its low flows (Q95) — a steep curve means a flashy river.
The physical character of the land that drains to this gauge, and how it shapes its flood response — from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Baseflow Index
0.57
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,181 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +5% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
1.5%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
114 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Recorded Flow
268 m³/s
6 Nov 2000
Flow-Duration Curve
Daily flow (m³/s) exceeded each % of the time — a steep curve is flashy, a flat one is steady. Q5 high · Q50 median · Q95 low.
Velocity area station in a deep channel with long record of flows. Processing of flows ceased in 2004 as low flow rating poor due to shifting section control. Station replaced with downstream gauge at Whatstandwell.
More detail
The catchment
Responsive upland catchment. Geology predominantly Millstone Grit with some Coal Measures to the east and Carboniferous Limestone in the west draining The Wye. Peat covered moorlands occur in the headwaters with forestry and pasture elsewhere.
The station
Velocity area station about 20 m wide in a deep channel.
How it measures flow
Open channel site with cableway. Rated with two ratings applied across period of record, the most recent is valid from January-2001. No gaugings above bankfull but rating fits gaugings well up to the level of the highest gauged flow (3.1mASD). Highest floods will bypass along the adjacent A6 road.
Flow regime
Substantially affected by Derwent reservoirs and mill operation, particularly in the early record.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Velocity–area
Operating since
1958–2004
Station datum
83.2 mAOD
Flow record
1958–2004 · 46 yrs · 99% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1958
Hydrometric area
28
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
🚽 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Derwent at Matlock flooding today?
The current level is 0.29m, which is within the typical range of 0.29 to 2.50m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Matlock?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. The chart above shows the last 7 days of measurements, updated roughly every 15 minutes.
What is a normal level for the River Derwent at Matlock?
The typical range at this station is 0.29m to 2.50m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 2.50m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.
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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📮 Flood risk by postcode near this gauge
Postcodes within 5 km with properties in the Environment Agency’s rivers-and-sea flood-risk bands:
