← Back
0.83

Stoodleigh

Exe
Exe catchment • Stoodleigh • Devon • ID: 45120 • Level
(30m ago) • 3 readings/hr • 138 views

Set water level alerts

Get notified about Stoodleigh — tick as many as you like, they all share the notify settings below.

Unusual rise FloodRadar+Top 1% rise rate for this gauge.
Drag the line on the chart, or type a value: m
Quick pick:

Each one is saved as its own alert — pause or remove them individually any time.

Not an emergency service — if in danger call 999. Alerts rely on EA/SEPA data and are best-efforts. Terms

Current Level
0.827 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.829 m
24h Min
0.817 m
Typical Range
0.93 - 2.60
m
Highest Recorded
3.86 m
EA official record
3.82 in our data (since Apr 1960)
Current level is 21% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

🌍 floodradar.co.uk
1 day

Recent Readings

Rising · +0.7 cm over 6h
23 Aug 23:15 ▬ steady 0.827 m
23 Aug 23:00 ▬ steady 0.827 m
23 Aug 22:45 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.827 m
23 Aug 21:30 ▬ steady 0.825 m
23 Aug 21:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.825 m
23 Aug 21:00 ▬ steady 0.826 m
23 Aug 20:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.826 m
23 Aug 20:30 ▬ steady 0.825 m
23 Aug 20:15 ▬ steady 0.825 m
23 Aug 20:00 ▬ steady 0.825 m
23 Aug 19:45 ▬ steady 0.825 m
23 Aug 19:30 ▬ steady 0.825 m
23 Aug 19:15 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.825 m
23 Aug 19:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.823 m
23 Aug 18:45 ▬ steady 0.822 m
23 Aug 18:30 ▬ steady 0.822 m
23 Aug 18:15 ▲ +0.2 cm 0.822 m
23 Aug 18:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.820 m
23 Aug 17:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.821 m
23 Aug 17:30 0.820 m

Rainfall & Weather

Loading rainfall and weather data...

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 7 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.2 km away).

26flood warnings 249flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 27 Jan 2026River Batherm at Bampton

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 1 3
2025 0 7
2024 1 19
2023 4 17
2022 0 8
2021 0 16
2020 4 16
2019 0 19
2018 0 26
2017 0 9
2016 3 10
2015 0 10
2014 1 17
2013 1 13
2012 9 24
2011 0 3
2010 1 1
2009 1 10
2008 0 13
2007 0 6
2006 0 2

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 Stoodleigh flood history.

Nearby Stations

Loading nearby stations...

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Stoodleigh
  • Watercourse: River Exe
  • Nearest Town: Stoodleigh
  • County: Devon
  • Nearest reservoir: Wimbleball (11.7 km) · 43.0% full (as of 16 Aug 2026)
  • Coordinates: 50°56'60"N 3°30'23"W (50.949994, -3.506375)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Apr 1960
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
  • Station Reference: 45120
  • EA Gauge ID: 45120-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: Exe
  • Typical Range: 0.930 – 2.600 m
  • Drainage Area: 422 km² upstream of this gauge
  • Flow Data: Available (m³/s) via EA Hydrology
  • EA Cross-check: 0.83 m (EA at 23 Aug 23:15)
  • Flow Archive: National River Flow Archive ↗

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

🌊 Steep & flashy Steep catchment sheds rain quickly — expect fast, sharp rises after 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
0.50
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,496 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +5% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.2%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
141 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Recorded Flow
211 m³/s
18 Dec 1965
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 12.8641.307.621.745% (high)% of days exceeded95% (low)
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 11%Grassland 84%Arable 3%Urban 1%
Heath/scrub 4% → 0% since 1990

Flow affected by: surface-water abstraction, reservoir influence, public water supply, effluent returns.

Photos

Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).

Photos © NRFA / UKCEH & the measuring authority — shown at web resolution. Full gallery on the NRFA ↗

About this gauge

Velocity area station with cableway on straight stable length of river.

More detail

The catchment

The catchment is entirely within the Exmoor National Park; headwaters drain Exmoor. The solid geology of the catchment is predominantly of Devonian and Carboniferous age; Devonian sandstones and Culm Measures. Relatively impermeable catchment. Moorland headwaters, grazing land and forestry. Some agricultural land may be found near to the station. Entirely rural. No major catchment changes.

The station

Velocity area station in a natural section with cableway sited on a straight, stable length of river.

How it measures flow

Low flow controlled by a stone ledge 50m d/s of the gauge. Channel section 24 m wide. Full range, calibrated to above bankfull. Liable to backing up at bridge immediately upstream in highest floods. Flood relief culvert under road on right bank. Level sensors in stilling well replaced by radar sensors on road bridge in May 2022 - higher flood peaks recorded after this point, but rating adjusted for change.

Flow regime

Flow significantly affected by Wimbleball Reservoir regulation at low flows post-1979.

The flow record

Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2019 (WINFAP Files v8).

Descriptions from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH). NRFA station record ↗

Gauge Details

How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).

Gauge type
Velocity–area
Operating since
1960
Station datum
74.5 mAOD
Flow record
1960–2024 · 64 yrs · 98% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1960
Hydrometric area
45
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Exe at Stoodleigh flooding today?

The current level is 0.83m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Stoodleigh?

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 River Exe at Stoodleigh?

The typical range at this station is 0.93m to 2.60m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 2.60m 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.

Embed this gauge on your website

Free live river-level widget — ideal for parish councils, angling clubs and local sites. Updates automatically.

Preview

📮 Flood risk by postcode near this gauge

Postcodes within 5 km with properties in the Environment Agency’s rivers-and-sea flood-risk bands:

Check any UK postcode’s flood risk →

🏠 Buying or renting around here? Get the Property Flood-Risk Report for any English postcode — official risk band, floods since 1946, warning history, river behaviour and nearby storm overflows. £19 one-off. Learn more →