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Current Level
0.191 mASD
▼ Easing
24h Max
0.281 mASD
24h Min
0.119 mASD
Typical Range
0.13 - 0.82
mASD
Highest Recorded
1.02 mASD
EA official record
A 1.44 reading (5 Jan 2017) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current level is 19% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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EA forecast (official)
Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. The shaded band is its 10–90% range, widened so that about 80% of recent outcomes fall inside it.
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.
Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 6 Oct (2 days behind — the EA publishes each day's mean a day or two after it ends; unchecked, provisional)via EA Hydrology
Storm overflows whose water reaches this gauge on the mapped river network, nearest first by distance along the river. The status is each water company's monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, not how much or what it contains.
1 storm overflow is traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 1.2 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 1 reports not discharging.
Thames Water · into Emm Brook · 5.1 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
16 spills · 160 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
2 other overflows within 6 km are downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so they are not listed.
These are the water companies' monitor statuses; a spill does not by itself explain a change in the gauge level. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels. Explore the sewage map →
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 Binfield flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 8 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 Urban & flashyHeavily built-up — rain runs off hard surfaces fast, so levels can spike within hours of heavy rain.
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
0.36
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
682 mm/yr
1991–2020 · -1% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
24%
heavily urbanised
Median Annual Flood
7.56 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
9.50 m³/s
20 Jul 2007 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
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.
The station was established to assess the effect on flow due to the growth of Bracknell, although the structure (previously existing) was not ideal for this.
More detail
The catchment
An impermeable catchment (London Clay). Rural headwaters, including considerable woodland, but major new town development (Bracknell) built upstream since late 1940s. Downstream the land use within the catchment is almost a third urban overall (with a substantial increase over the POR).
The station
Broad-crested weir (13.7m wide) plus adjustable low flow notch (crest 1.22m wide), that was added in 1968, at outfall from an ornamental lake.
How it measures flow
Possibly some flow under main weir and leakage at the notch (adjustable weir). Probably unlikely to drown as there is a large drop over weir. One rating applied across the period of record; tends to underestimate flows in the AMAX range. This was derived using broad-crested weir theory, with flows treated as sum of two broad-crested weirs.
Flow regime
Hydrograph shows mixed rural/urban response - including the effect of balancing ponds. Runoff increased by effluent returns and reduced by industrial/agricultural abstraction. Significant and increasing effluent component during periods of low flow (primarily from Ascot STW - this represents a net import of water).
The flow record
Early flow data (prior to installation of the low flow notch) was less precise. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2020 (WINFAP Files v9).
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the The Cut at Binfield flooding today?
The current level is 0.19m, which is within the typical range of 0.13 to 0.82m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Binfield?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling slightly. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), 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.
What is a normal level for the The Cut at Binfield?
The typical range at this station is 0.13m to 0.82m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.82m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.
How often is this river level data updated?
Readings are supplied by the Environment Agency gauge. FloodRadar checks for updates roughly every 15 minutes; the timestamp above shows how recent the latest available reading is.
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