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Get notified about Fordham — tick as many as you like, they all share the notify settings below.
Each one is saved as its own alert — pause or remove them individually any time.
Not an emergency service — if in danger call 999. Alerts rely on EA/SEPA/NRW data and are best-efforts. Terms
Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.
Gauges connected to this river, and others nearby. A distance “by river” follows the river on the map; any other is in a straight line.
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In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.17 m on about 67 days. This year so far: 10 days.
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out. The darker part is days above 0.30 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2012 for the 2 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 6.4 km away).
Most recent flood alert: 7 Jan 2024 — flooding in Newmarket
| Year | Warnings | Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
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 Fordham flood history.
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 2 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
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).
Flow affected by: groundwater abstraction, industrial / agricultural abstraction.
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
21 Oct 2003 View of gauging station from downstream
21 Oct 2003 View of river downstream the structure
21 Oct 2003 View of gauging station from upstream
8 Jun 1994 Structure viewed from downstream
1983 Side weir from the left bank, side weir was removed in Dec 1984
1983 River downstream the structure
1983 River upstream the structure
1983 Structure viewed from downstream
1983 Structure viewed from upstream
Side weir from downstream, side weir was removed in Dec 1984
Photos © NRFA / UKCEH & the measuring authority — shown at web resolution. Full gallery on the NRFA ↗
Flat V Crump (with a side weir in 1974-1985) gauging a predominantly rural and predominantly Chalk catchment with significant artificial influences.
Descriptions from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH). NRFA station record ↗
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
The current level is 0.11m, which is within the typical range of 0.05 to 0.17m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
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.
The typical range at this station is 0.05m to 0.17m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.17m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.
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.
Free live river-level widget — ideal for parish councils, angling clubs and local sites. Updates automatically.
Postcodes within 5 km with properties in the Environment Agency’s rivers-and-sea flood-risk bands:
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