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Current Level
0.205 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.233 m
24h Min
0.196 m
Typical Range
0.21 - 1.36
m
Highest Recorded
2.32 m
EA official record
2.22 in our data (since Mar 1966)
Current level is 9% 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.
PUSLINCH (E44963) — flow at this site
7 days
A separate gauge 18.9 m from this one at the same site, shown here for context.
Its readings are its own and are never merged with this page's.
Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 7 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.
10 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 430 m away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 10 report not discharging.
South West Water · into River Yealm Estuary (E) · 4.5 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
4 spills · 2 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
5 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 →
In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 1.36 m
on about 11 days.
This year so far: 5 days.
20265 days, 3 of them high · 3 highso far
202512 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
202413 days, 10 of them high · 10 high
202313 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
20229 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
202112 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
202012 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
20197 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
201811 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
20177 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 1.61 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2007 for the 11 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.0 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 Yealmpton flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 11 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
0.55
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,537 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +4% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
1.7%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
40.42 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
31.00 m³/s
10 Mar 1981 · 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.
Flat V weir installed 2002, with crest tapping and downstream level measurement to calculate drowned flows.
More detail
The catchment
South Dartmoor catchment with rapid response. Headwaters drain Dartmoor Granite and metamorphosed Devonian slates. Most of catchment underlain by Devonian shales and tuffs with subordinate limestone. Land use is meadowland, arable and low grade agriculture. No major catchment changes.
The station
Flat V weir installed 2002, with crest tapping and downstream level measurement to calculate drowned flows. Modular at 0.82m. Prior to 2001 station consisted of a low flow rectangular flume, 4.7m throat width, side and bottom contractions, this, in turn, superseded a velocity-area station in 07/1967.
How it measures flow
Bankfull approx. mean annual flood level; downstream bridge truncates peaks. Prior to 2000 station was bypassed. Entrainment banks rebuilt in 2001 at higher level than previous, as have overtopped in the past. Previous banks overtopped more frequently but overtopped during 2012 flood events. POR maximum flow of 46.2 cumecs in 12/2000 is an estimate provided by the EA, which is thought to be reasonable. Good rating, well-gauged across the flow range. Lower end re-rated in 2011 and earlier flows recalculated. No liability to backwater or tidal influence. New rating prepared in 2013 for weir period using observations of overtopping of flood banks (> 2.125m) during July, Nov, Dec and 2012 floods. Peak flow ratings cover: the period pre-1967 before the flume was operational, the period when flume was operational (1967-2001) and the period since 2002 when the flat V was built. Acoustic Doppler installed in 08/2014 to improve high flows.
Flow regime
Moderate influence from public water supply and industrial/agricultural abstractions and imports.
The flow record
Closed from 09/2001 to 11/2002 for installation of new weir. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in October 2018 (WINFAP Files v7).
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Yealm at Puslinch flooding today?
The current level is 0.21m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Puslinch?
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 River Yealm at Puslinch?
The typical range at this station is 0.21m 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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