Eden and Esk catchment
• Wetheral • Cumberland • ID: 762505 • Level
(32m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 132 views
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Current Level
0.924 m
▲ Rising (+1cm/hr)
24h Max
0.924 m
24h Min
0.708 m
Typical Range
0.41 - 3.36
m
Highest Recorded
5.83 m
EA official record
5.71 in our data (since Dec 1996)
Current level is 16% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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1 day
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.
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.
59 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 190 m away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 56 report not discharging, and for 3 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.
United Utilities · into Bye Gill · 4.5 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
6 spills · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
13 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 Wetheral flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 18 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
0.51
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,430 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +8% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.5%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
494 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
1,119 m³/s
5 Dec 2015 · 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.
Non-standard compound Crump weir gauging responsive catchment. Ullswater has a significant effect on Eamont flows.
More detail
The catchment
Large catchment with mixed geology. Horseshoe shaped outcrop of Carboniferous Limestone forms south and east watersheds in Pennines; lakes drain Ordovician Borrowdale volcanics. Main Vale of Eden is Boulder Clay overlying Sherwood sandstone. Land-use variable; moorland to arable with little urbanisation. No significant catchment changes.
The station
Non-standard compound Crump weir. Was designed as a multifunctional station to also allow and count fish migration, and has 1:2 upstream slope, 1:7.3 downstream slope. Side sections approx 14.5m wide, central low flow section 1.458m wide with crest 0.5m below side weirs. Opened December 1996 to replace Warwick Bridge (76002).
How it measures flow
Until 1999, surging was a serious problem at this site, especially when gauging high flows. Baffles fitted and surging was reduced. Two peak flow rating applied across period of record, the most recent following storm Desmond. Rating for low and medium flows derived from gaugings, high flows from hydraulic modelling.
Flow regime
Responsive catchment, with flows influenced by Ullswater and Haweswater and Wet Sleddale reservoirs, and abstractions.
The flow record
December 2010 daily flows may have been affected by freezing conditions. Period of overlap with Warwick Bridge shows good correlation at high flows. Surge was noted in the well between April 1997 and July 2002 and data marked as rejected. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2022 (WINFAP Files v11). Statistical analysis does not support merging of the flow records of 76002 with 76017.
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Eden at Great Corby flooding today?
The current level is 0.92m, which is within the typical range of 0.41 to 3.36m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Great Corby?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently rising. 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 Eden at Great Corby?
The typical range at this station is 0.41m to 3.36m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 3.36m 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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23 Nov 2017 High flow
23 Nov 2017 High flow
23 Nov 2017 High flow
30 Mar 2004 Hydralic jump caused by the lower weir in the middle
30 Mar 2004 The weir on the right hand side, with fish passes at either side
30 Mar 2004 The fish counter
30 Mar 2004 An overview of the weir
