Cam and Ely Ouse (Including South Level) catchment
• Wimpole • Cambridgeshire • ID: E22137 • Level
(24m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 112 views
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Current Level
0.065 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.066 mASD
24h Min
0.065 mASD
Typical Range
0.06 - 0.34
mASD
Highest Recorded
1.66 mASD
EA official record
1.17 in our data (since Nov 2012)
Current level is 4% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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1 day
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
Steady over 6h
23 Aug 23:45▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 23:30▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 23:15▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 23:00▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 22:45▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 21:30▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 21:15▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 21:00▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 20:45▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 20:30▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 20:15▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 20:00▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 19:45▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 19:30▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 19:15▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 19:00▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 18:45▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 18:30▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 18:15▬ steady0.065 mASD
23 Aug 18:000.065 mASD
Rainfall & Weather
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2013 for the 4 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.4 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 Wimpole 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
0.61
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
584 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +3% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
1.3%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
5.62 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Recorded Flow
10.20 m³/s
4 Feb 2001
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.
Drowns at peak levels; correction incorporated into theoretical rating. Spills occasionally - high flows impeded by bridge abutments 20m d/s. Three peak flow ratings applied across period of record. Part of the Rhee groundwater support scheme.
Flow regime
Some surface water and groundwater abstractions in catchment. Runoff increased by effluent returns.
The flow record
Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in August 2021 (WINFAP Files v10).
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Flume
Operating since
1965
Station datum
17.9 mAOD
Flow record
1965–2024 · 59 yrs · 99% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1965
Hydrometric area
33
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
🚽 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Rhee at Wimpole flooding today?
The current level is 0.07m, which is within the typical range of 0.06 to 0.34m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Wimpole?
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 Rhee at Wimpole?
The typical range at this station is 0.06m to 0.34m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.34m 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:
28 Dec 2019 Structure drowned
23 Jan 2018 Structure near non-modular limit
Structure viewed from upstream
