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Budleigh Salterton Station Road

Knowle Stream
Otter, Sid, Axe and Lim catchment • Devon • ID: E84049 • Level
(32m ago) • 1 reading/hr • 106 views

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Current Level
0.098 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.100 m
24h Min
0.097 m
Typical Range
0.11 - 0.25
m
Highest Recorded
0.39 m
EA official record
0.39 in our data (since Apr 2021)
Current level is 25% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Steady over 12h
10 Oct 14:00 ▬ steady 0.098 m
10 Oct 13:00 ▬ steady 0.098 m
10 Oct 12:00 ▬ steady 0.098 m
10 Oct 11:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.098 m
10 Oct 10:00 ▬ steady 0.097 m
10 Oct 09:00 ▬ steady 0.097 m
10 Oct 08:00 ▬ steady 0.097 m
10 Oct 07:00 ▬ steady 0.097 m
10 Oct 06:00 ▬ steady 0.097 m
10 Oct 05:00 ▬ steady 0.097 m
10 Oct 04:00 ▬ steady 0.097 m
10 Oct 03:45 ▬ steady 0.097 m
10 Oct 03:30 ▬ steady 0.097 m
10 Oct 03:15 ▬ steady 0.097 m
10 Oct 03:00 ▬ steady 0.097 m
10 Oct 02:45 ▬ steady 0.097 m
10 Oct 02:30 ▬ steady 0.097 m
10 Oct 02:15 ▬ steady 0.097 m
10 Oct 02:00 ▬ steady 0.097 m
10 Oct 01:45 0.097 m

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Budleigh Salterton Station Road
  • Watercourse: Knowle Stream
  • County: Devon
  • Coordinates: 50°37'48"N 3°19'42"W (50.630009, -3.328259)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 20 Apr 2021
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E84049
  • RLOI id: 9438 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: E84049-level-stage-i-15_min-m
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: m
  • Typical rise rate: 1 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Otter, Sid, Axe and Lim
  • Typical Range: 0.105 – 0.250 m
  • EA Cross-check: 0.10 m (EA at 10 Oct 13:00)

Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

Nearby Stations

Gauges connected to this river, and others nearby. A distance “by river” follows the river on the map; any other is in a straight line.

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💧 Storm overflows upstream of this gauge

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.

2 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 200 m away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 2 report not discharging.

💧
Meadow Road Tank CSO🏊 Bathing water
South West Water · into Knowle Stream · 200 m upstream along the river
6 spills · 2 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Placed on the river by its position alone.
💧
Little Knowle CSO🏊 Bathing water
South West Water · into Knowle Stream · 930 m upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Placed on the river by its position alone.

Nearby, connection not known

Within 6 km in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water passes this gauge.

💧
The Green Tank CSO🏊 Bathing water
South West Water · into Knowle Stream · 20 m away in a straight line · too close to the gauge to say which side
4 spills · 5 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Fore Street CSO🏊 Bathing water
South West Water · into Knowle Stream · 350 m away in a straight line · its water cannot be followed on the map
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now
💧
Marine Parade CSO🏊 Bathing water
South West Water · into Knowle Stream · 500 m away in a straight line · its water cannot be followed on the map
5 spills · 7 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Granary Lane CSO🏊 Bathing water
South West Water · into Trib Of River Otter (S) · 1.1 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
7 spills · 4 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Granary Lane (North) CSO🏊 Bathing water
South West Water · into Kersbrook Channel · 1.2 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
8 spills · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Lime Kiln Tank CSO🏊 Bathing water
South West Water · into English Channel · 1.8 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
83 spills · 114 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
South West Water · into River Otter · 2.7 km away in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map
80 spills · 321 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Exmouth Sewage Treatment Works🏊 Bathing water🦪 Shellfish
South West Water · into Lyme Bay(C) · 3.7 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
55 spills · 789 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

3 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.

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 →

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Rainfall & Weather

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How often this river runs high

In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.25 m on about 3 days. This year so far: 5 days.

2026 5 days so far
2025 2 days
2024 6 days
2023 2 days
2022 0 days
2021 4 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 2008 for the 2 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 5.9 km away).

5severe warnings 18flood warnings 0flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 23 Jan 2026 — South Devon Coast from Exmouth to Seaton

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 1 0
2020 0 1 0
2018 0 1 0
2016 0 1 0
2015 0 1 0
2014 4 10 0
2012 0 3 0
2008 1 0 0

Warnings apply to a whole flood area, not necessarily this exact spot. Years before 2006 aren't covered by the EA's historic record.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 2 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Knowle Stream at Budleigh Salterton Station Road flooding today?

The current level is 0.10m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Budleigh Salterton Station Road?

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 Knowle Stream at Budleigh Salterton Station Road?

The typical range at this station is 0.11m to 0.25m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.25m 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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