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Current Level
0.897 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.897 m
24h Min
0.870 m
Typical Range
0.75 - 2.40
m
Highest Recorded
2.65 m
EA official record
A 3.03 reading (24 Jan 2026) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current level is 34% 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 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.
5 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 2.5 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 5 report not discharging.
South West Water · into Trib Of St Lawrence Stream · 3.7 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
36 spills · 18 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 2.40 m
on about 1 day.
This year so far: 1 day.
20261 day so far
20252 days
20241 day
20230 days
20220 days
20210 days
20202 days
20191 day
20180 days
20170 days patchy data
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.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2007 for the 12 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.5 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 Bodmin flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 12 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
0.54
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,467 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +2% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
1.0%
largely rural
Highest Daily Mean Flow
34.36 m³/s
18 Dec 2020 · 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.
8 cross path ultrasonic gauge full range flow site.
More detail
The catchment
The upper catchment drains Devonian slates (variously affected by the granite) and the Bodmin Moor Granite. Lower catchment drains Devonian slates and grits. Land use is moorland and low grade agriculture and grazing. No major changes in catchment.
The station
Cross path ultrasonic gauge attached to 15m high bridge abutments in a deep section of river, also held up by a stable shoal downstream. A replacement for Denby (49001) 2.5 miles downstream which closed in March 2019.
How it measures flow
A full range site opened in 2015. High flows should be mostly contained although bypassing is possible via a disused leat which flows through the embankment from the floodplain upstream. Low flow sensitivity is maintained by a stable shoal downstream. Flow data is currently derived from a rating developed from spot flow gaugings up to 2.241m/ 33.2 cumecs. The rating will be a back up data source when the flow record is direct from the ultrasonic. Paths can be impacted by aeration within the section at higher flows.
Flow regime
Crowdy Reservoir in the north-east of the catchment affects runoff. Runoff reduced by Public Water Supply abstraction. Sewage effluent returns from Bodmin.
The flow record
4 periods of missing data in 2016/7 related to equipment/ power failures during the station developmental phase. This data will be infilled in the near future using Denby as a donor site.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Ultrasonic
Operating since
2015
Station datum
30.0 mAOD
Flow record
2015–2024 · 9 yrs · 95% complete
Hydrometric area
49
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Camel at Bodmin Dunmere flooding today?
The current level is 0.90m, which is within the typical range of 0.75 to 2.40m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Bodmin Dunmere?
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 Camel at Bodmin Dunmere?
The typical range at this station is 0.75m to 2.40m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 2.40m 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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16 Nov 2018 Looking upstream to transducer section
16 Nov 2018 Looking down on measurement section from bridge
25 Nov 2015 Looking upstream at measurement section
17 Feb 2015 Downstream channel