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Current Level
0.068 m
▲ Rising (+2cm/hr)
24h Max
0.068 m
24h Min
0.051 m
Typical Range
0.06 - 1.36
m
Highest Recorded
2.56 m
EA official record
A 4.53 reading (14 Feb 2014) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current level is 3% 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 6 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.
12 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 1.9 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 12 report not discharging.
Yorkshire Water · into Trough Brook · 4.1 km away in a straight line · its water cannot be followed on the map
35 spills · 141 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
6 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.
43 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 Sheepbridge flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 9 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
826 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +0% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
11%
partly urbanised
Median Annual Flood
16.09 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
31.20 m³/s
25 Jun 2007 · 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.
Crump weir in a confined channel with no known bypassing.
More detail
The catchment
Geology: Lower Coal Measure Standstones and Shales. Broad, gentle syncline is centred almost East West, along Barlow Beck. Mixed agriculture with moorland headwaters, significant urban development and industrialised valleys. Declining influence of coal mining industry since mine closures around 1920. There are numerous abandoned coal workings.
The station
Crump weir, 5.98m wide. No cableway. Confined in a straight concrete channel between road and railway embankments (3m high walls for 200m) in an industrialised valley. Station is 500m downstream of confluence of River Drone with Barlow Brook.
How it measures flow
No known bypassing. Single daily and peak flow rating applied across period of record, developed from theoretical Crump rating with current meter gauging.
Flow regime
Estimated 4.3% of catchment drains through Crowhole Reservoir. Dronfield Dam flood storage reservoir approximately 6km upstream may have some impact on flood flows. Sewage effluent returns.
The flow record
Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2020 (WINFAP Files v9).
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Whitting at Sheepbridge flooding today?
The current level is 0.07m, which is within the typical range of 0.06 to 1.36m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Sheepbridge?
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 Whitting at Sheepbridge?
The typical range at this station is 0.06m to 1.36m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.36m 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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1983 Weir looking d/s from L bank
1983 View u/s from weir on L bank
1983 Weir and flume looking u/s from L bank
