Weaver and Dane catchment
• Congleton • Cheshire East • ID: 681006 • Level
(15h ago) • 4 readings/hr • 109 views
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Last Level
0.093 m
⚠ 15h ago · may be out of date
24h Max
0.104 m
24h Min
0.091 m
Typical Range
0.07 - 0.70
m
Highest Recorded
1.35 m
EA official record
0.94 in our data (since Nov 1979)
🚽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 7 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.
14 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 280 m away along the river. 2 report discharging now, 11 report not discharging, and for 1 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.
United Utilities · into Gillow Shaw, Trib Biddulph Brk · 5.5 km away in a straight line · several watercourses close by, nothing to choose between them
United Utilities · into Tributary Of River Wheelock · 5.9 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
6 spills · 16 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
4 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 Congleton flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 3 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 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
1,078 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +1% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
2.3%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
41.75 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
45.70 m³/s
21 Dec 1991 · 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.
Broad-crested weir oblique to flow gauging a mainly rural catchment.
More detail
The catchment
The north-east and south-west are made up of Millstone Grit and shale, overlain by coal measures. In the centre, the Yoredale series of shale and sandstones are exposed with Upper Triassic Keuper Marls in the west. The area is partly covered with glacial clays, sands and gravels. Alluvium occupies the bottom of the valleys. A mainly rural catchment. No catchment changes known.
The station
Station opened February 1936 on an existing broad-crested mill weir oblique to flow (channel width 17.3m upstream, weir 46.3m across), with relatively narrow crest but a long sloping downstream face at approx 1:5 slope. Station closed in 1953 and re-opened in 1968. Flows available for a similar catchment from 1953 to 1986 at Hulme Walfield downstream (68006).
How it measures flow
Crest is approx 2.9m above downstream channel, which is comparatively narrow, so only extreme events might drown. Channel upstream of weir has high vertical walls, although slight spill over left bank at the weir above approx 1m. Sluice to the old mill (on right bank) reported in November 1971 as having been recently filled in - the offtake to the mill will have reduced flows, but probably had little effect on flood events. One peak flow rating applied across period of record, developed from hydraulic modelling which considered out of bank flow and confirmed by ADCP gaugings.
Flow regime
Bosley reservoir is in the catchment. Several groundwater abstractions.
The flow record
The chart datum was lowered by 1ft from 15/8/1940 to closure on 4/5/1953, and the original datum was used when station reopened in 1968. Stages presented in the peak flow holdings have been set to the original datum. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in October 2018 (WINFAP Files v7).
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Dane at Congleton Park flooding today?
The current level is 0.09m, which is within the typical range of 0.07 to 0.70m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Congleton Park?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. 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 Dane at Congleton Park?
The typical range at this station is 0.07m to 0.70m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.70m 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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