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Current Level
0.432 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.440 mASD
24h Min
0.430 mASD
Typical Range
0.41 - 1.01
mASD
Highest Recorded
1.33 mASD
8 Jan 2025
Since Dec 1982
Current level is 32% of this
Current Flow
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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.
River Flow
90 days
Daily mean discharge (m³/s) with the daily min–max band, from the EA Hydrology API. Flow is the volume of water passing the gauge — often a more direct flood signal than level.
Long Term
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Consecutive rainy days0 → 10+
Days Above Normal
This year vs 5-year monthly range
Recent Readings
Falling · -0.2 cm over 6h
23 Aug 23:30▬ steady0.432 mASD
23 Aug 23:15▬ steady0.432 mASD
23 Aug 23:00▬ steady0.432 mASD
23 Aug 22:45▬ steady0.432 mASD
23 Aug 21:30▬ steady0.432 mASD
23 Aug 21:15▬ steady0.432 mASD
23 Aug 21:00▬ steady0.432 mASD
23 Aug 20:45▬ steady0.432 mASD
23 Aug 20:30▬ steady0.432 mASD
23 Aug 20:15▲ +0.2 cm0.432 mASD
23 Aug 20:00▬ steady0.430 mASD
23 Aug 19:45▼ -0.2 cm0.430 mASD
23 Aug 19:30▲ +0.2 cm0.432 mASD
23 Aug 19:15▼ -0.4 cm0.430 mASD
23 Aug 19:00▬ steady0.434 mASD
23 Aug 18:45▬ steady0.434 mASD
23 Aug 18:30▬ steady0.434 mASD
23 Aug 18:15▬ steady0.434 mASD
23 Aug 18:00▬ steady0.434 mASD
23 Aug 17:450.434 mASD
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2007 for the 32 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.7 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 Kegworth 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
🌊 Fairly flashyResponds fairly quickly to rain, with moderate baseflow between events.
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
0.41
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
685 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +3% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
8.0%
partly urbanised
Highest Recorded Flow
167 m³/s
3 Jan 2024
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.
Ultrasonic gauge in a canalised reach of the River Soar, with substantially modified flow.
More detail
The catchment
Moderate to low relief. Geology: predominantly Mercia Mudstone with some sandstones in the west and Lias clays and l'sts in the east. Ancient hard rocks outcrop in Charnwood Forest. Majority of catchment overlain with Boulder Clay with sands and gravels within river valleys. Catchment contains Leicester and Loughborough. Agricultural land use.
The station
Ultrasonic multi-path gauge in a unidirectional arrangement. Rebuilt in 1991 (no data Jan and Feb 1991) to improve on accuracy of existing single-path gauge (1978-84). Replaced velocity-area site at Zouch. Cableway added in 2002. Upgraded during December 2006 and September 2020.
How it measures flow
Reach at station is canalised part of Soar navigation, has low velocities and wide floodplain. Bypassing possible above bankfull (>3.15m). Weir and navigation lock 700m downstream.
Flow regime
Flows substantially modified by inputs from WRW along Soar valley.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Ultrasonic
Operating since
1978
Station datum
32.0 mAOD
Flow record
1978–2024 · 46 yrs · 85% complete
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 Soar at Kegworth flooding today?
The current level is 0.43m, which is within the typical range of 0.41 to 1.01m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Kegworth?
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 Soar at Kegworth?
The typical range at this station is 0.41m to 1.01m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.01m 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:
