Weaver and Dane catchment
• Wistaston Green • Cheshire East • ID: 680403 • Level
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Current Level
0.235 m
▼ Easing
24h Max
0.311 m
24h Min
0.194 m
Typical Range
0.18 - 0.55
m
Highest Recorded
2.32 m
EA official record
1.68 in our data (since Mar 1975)
Current level is 10% 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 8 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.
17 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 1.4 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 17 report not discharging.
United Utilities · into Fowle Brook Via Sws · 5.5 km away in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map
24 spills · 49 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 →
In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.55 m
on about 46 days.
This year so far: 29 days.
202629 days, 1 of them high · 1 highso far
202540 days, 9 of them high · 9 high
202490 days, 14 of them high · 14 high
202355 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
202227 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
202152 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
202064 days, 11 of them high · 11 high
201957 days, 12 of them high · 12 high
201813 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
201719 days
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 1.22 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2007 for the 6 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 3.3 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 Wistaston Green flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 6 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 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
0.55
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
738 mm/yr
1991–2020 · -3% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
9.3%
partly urbanised
Highest Daily Mean Flow
21.64 m³/s
26 Oct 2019 · 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.
Land Cover (2023)
Woodland 4%Grassland 53%Arable 22%Urban 21%
Urban 17% → 21% since 1990
Flow affected by: public water supply, groundwater abstraction, effluent returns, industrial / agricultural abstraction.
Photos
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
A flat V piled weir station that was moved upstream in Sept 1972 due to an unstable control.
More detail
The catchment
Below headwaters geology is generally of low permeability (Mercia mudstone with extensive Drift cover). Land is primarily agricultural but central and southern parts of Crewe dominate lowest portion of the catchment.
The station
Initially a 6m wide section on a bend with chart records from 1955, but early data in particular are poor. Low flow control installed 1978 and modified to an informal Flat V piled weir in May 1980. Bank re-profiling work was undertaken in 2008 on the left bank due to slippage.
How it measures flow
Silt accumulates behind weir in times of low flow. Flows above 0.7m less reliably measured. Bankfull at 2.3m.
Flow regime
Responsive regime with artificial influences evident during periods of low flow.
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Valley Brook at Marshfield Bridge flooding today?
The current level is 0.24m, which is within the typical range of 0.18 to 0.55m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Marshfield Bridge?
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 Valley Brook at Marshfield Bridge?
The typical range at this station is 0.18m to 0.55m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.55m 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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