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0.04

Eaton Socon

Great Ouse
Upper and Bedford Ouse catchment • Eaton Socon • Cambridgeshire • ID: E24317 • Level
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Last Level
0.038 mASD
⚠ 8h ago · may be out of date
24h Max
0.038 mASD
24h Min
0.015 mASD
Typical Range
0.04 - 0.10
mASD
Highest Recorded
0.93 mASD
EA official record
0.27 in our data (since Nov 2012)
Current level is 4% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Rising · +2 cm over 5h
07 Oct 18:00 ▬ steady 0.038 mASD
07 Oct 17:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.038 mASD
07 Oct 17:30 ▬ steady 0.037 mASD
07 Oct 17:15 ▬ steady 0.037 mASD
07 Oct 17:00 ▬ steady 0.037 mASD
07 Oct 16:45 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.037 mASD
07 Oct 16:30 ▬ steady 0.035 mASD
07 Oct 16:15 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.035 mASD
07 Oct 16:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.034 mASD
07 Oct 15:45 ▬ steady 0.033 mASD
07 Oct 15:30 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.033 mASD
07 Oct 15:15 ▬ steady 0.031 mASD
07 Oct 15:00 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.031 mASD
07 Oct 14:45 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.029 mASD
07 Oct 14:30 ▲ +0.4 cm 0.027 mASD
07 Oct 14:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.023 mASD
07 Oct 14:00 ▼ -0.2 cm 0.024 mASD
07 Oct 13:45 ▲ +0.4 cm 0.026 mASD
07 Oct 13:30 ▬ steady 0.022 mASD
07 Oct 13:15 0.021 mASD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Eaton Socon
  • Watercourse: River Great Ouse
  • Nearest Town: Eaton Socon
  • County: Cambridgeshire
  • Nearest reservoir: Grafham (10.0 km) · 58.3% full (as of 5 Oct 2026)
  • Coordinates: 52°12'47"N 0°16'54"W (52.213090, -0.281653)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 17 May 1998
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E24317
  • RLOI id: 6173 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: E24317-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 2 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Upper and Bedford Ouse
  • Datum: 15.000m AOD
  • Typical Range: 0.038 – 0.097 mASD
  • EA Cross-check: 0.04 mASD (EA at 7 Oct 18:00)

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

Nearby Stations

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Connected upstream

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Distances by river: OS Open Rivers. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

💧 Storm overflows upstream of this gauge

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.

72 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 11.6 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 65 report not discharging, and for 7 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.

💧
Anglian Water · into River Ivel · 11.6 km upstream along the river
7 spills · 74 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Trib Of River Ivel · 12.6 km upstream along the river
6 spills · 17 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Ivel · 14.1 km upstream along the river
2 spills · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Trib River Ivel · 16.2 km upstream along the river
4 spills · 40 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into River Ivel · 16.4 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Monitor offline: it cannot say whether it is discharging
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Anglian Water · into River Ivel · 18.2 km upstream along the river
2 spills · 5 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into The River Great Ouse · 18.4 km upstream along the river
7 spills · 50 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into The River Ivel · 18.6 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

64 more further upstream, up to 139.6 km away along the river.

Nearby, connection not known

Within 6 km in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water passes this gauge.

💧
Anglian Water · into Brampton Brook · 2.9 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
No live feed for this overflow
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Anglian Water · into River Ouse · 3.9 km away in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it
6 spills · 2 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into The Stone Brook (Trib Gt Ouse) · 4.1 km away in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it
20 spills · 295 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into Ditch Trib Of River Great Ouse · 4.5 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
4 spills · 2 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Anglian Water · into The Hen Brook · 5.9 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
6 spills · 28 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

1 other overflow within 6 km is downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so it is 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 →

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Rainfall & Weather

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How often this river runs high

In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.10 m on about 14 days. This year so far: 17 days.

2026 17 days, 1 of them high · 1 high so far
2025 23 days
2024 67 days, 17 of them high · 17 high patchy data
2023 11 days patchy data
2022 1 day patchy data
2021 18 days, 2 of them high · 2 high patchy data
2020 34 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
2019 5 days
2018 6 days
2017 0 days

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out, so a year marked patchy may have run high more often than shown. The darker part is days above 0.35 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2019 for the 11 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.9 km away).

24flood warnings 39flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 16 Feb 2026 — Areas close to the River Great Ouse at Wyboston, Eaton Socon, Eynesbury, Eaton Ford, and St Neots

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 2 3
2025 1 2
2024 18 23
2023 0 5
2021 1 4
2020 2 1
2019 0 1

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 Eaton Socon flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 11 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the River Great Ouse at Eaton Socon flooding today?

The current level is 0.04m, which is within the typical range of 0.04 to 0.10m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Eaton Socon?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently rising slightly. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.

What is a normal level for the River Great Ouse at Eaton Socon?

The typical range at this station is 0.04m to 0.10m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.10m 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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