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Current Level
0.031 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.032 m
24h Min
0.031 m
Typical Range
0.04 - 0.82
m
Highest Recorded
1.62 m
5 Nov 1967
Since Jan 1961
Current level is 2% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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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.
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 23:15▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 23:00▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 22:45▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 21:30▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 21:15▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 21:00▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 20:45▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 20:30▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 20:15▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 20:00▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 19:45▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 19:30▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 19:15▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 19:00▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 18:45▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 18:30▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 18:15▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 18:00▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 17:45▬ steady0.031 m
23 Aug 17:300.031 m
Rainfall & Weather
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2011 for the 4 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 3.8 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 Eastgate 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
🌊 FlashyRain runs off fast — levels rise and fall sharply, often within hours of heavy rain.
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
0.29
flashy — rain runs off fast
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,205 mm/yr
1991–2020 · -1% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.0%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
24.62 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Recorded Flow
22.74 m³/s
2 Mar 1979
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 1%Grassland 40%Heath/scrub 58%
Heath/scrub 44% → 58% since 1990
Flow affected by: effluent returns.
Photos
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Compound Crump weir. Station closed in 1980, but reopened as a level-only site in February 2000 for flood warning purposes.
More detail
The catchment
A steep moorland catchment. No known catchment changes.
The station
Two-stage compound Crump weir, 8.8m broad, low crest 1.5m wide, on a natural waterfall 0.6km u/s of confluence with the River Wear. Discontinued 1980; re-opened February 2000 as a level-only flood warning site. Wing walls were removed on closure, and central low-flow crest raised to level of flanking weirs on reopening. Subject to considerable gravel accretion.
How it measures flow
Modular throughout the range. Bypassed on both banks above wing walls. One peak flow rating applied across period of record. Gaugings confirm theoretical rating. Flood Studies Report grade A1.
Flow regime
Flashy response with peaked hydrographs. No known artificial influences.
The flow record
Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in August 2024 (WINFAP Files v13).
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Gauging structure
Operating since
1957–1980
Station datum
241.0 mAOD
Flow record
1957–1980 · 23 yrs · 100% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1960
Hydrometric area
24
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
🚽 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the Rookhope Burn at Eastgate flooding today?
The current level is 0.03m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Eastgate?
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 Rookhope Burn at Eastgate?
The typical range at this station is 0.04m to 0.82m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.82m 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:
