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BAGGS MILL

Unknown
• Dorset • ID: 444510 • Flow
(47m ago) • 1 reading/hr • 130 views
Current Flow
0.840 m3/s
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.858 m3/s
24h Min
0.827 m3/s
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
44.36 m3/s
7 May 2026
Since Feb 2025
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Flow Readings

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Recent Readings

Steady over 17h
10 Oct 05:00 ▼ -0.6 cm 0.840 m3/s
09 Oct 17:00 ▬ steady 0.846 m3/s
09 Oct 16:45 ▬ steady 0.846 m3/s
09 Oct 16:30 ▬ steady 0.846 m3/s
09 Oct 16:15 ▲ +1 cm 0.846 m3/s
09 Oct 16:00 ▼ -1 cm 0.834 m3/s
09 Oct 15:45 ▬ steady 0.846 m3/s
09 Oct 15:30 ▬ steady 0.846 m3/s
09 Oct 15:15 ▼ -0.6 cm 0.846 m3/s
09 Oct 15:00 ▲ +0.6 cm 0.852 m3/s
09 Oct 14:45 ▬ steady 0.846 m3/s
09 Oct 14:30 ▬ steady 0.846 m3/s
09 Oct 14:15 ▲ +0.6 cm 0.846 m3/s
09 Oct 14:00 ▬ steady 0.840 m3/s
09 Oct 13:45 ▼ -0.6 cm 0.840 m3/s
09 Oct 13:30 ▲ +0.6 cm 0.846 m3/s
09 Oct 13:15 ▼ -0.6 cm 0.840 m3/s
09 Oct 13:00 ▲ +0.6 cm 0.846 m3/s
09 Oct 12:45 ▬ steady 0.840 m3/s
09 Oct 12:30 0.840 m3/s

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: BAGGS MILL
  • Watercourse: —
  • County: Dorset
  • Coordinates: 50°41'17"N 2°7'23"W (50.687985, -2.123098)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Flow gauging station (inferred)
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 444510
  • EA Gauge ID: 444510-flow-water-i-15_min-m3_s
  • Parameter: Flow
  • Unit: m3/s
  • Typical rise rate: 5 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No

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

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Connected upstream

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Distances by river: OS Open Rivers. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

💧 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.

6 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 16.3 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 5 report not discharging, and for 1 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.

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Wessex Water · into Tributary Of River Piddle · 16.3 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now
💧
Wessex Water · into Bere Stream(S) · 18.9 km upstream along the river
2 spills · 11 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Wessex Water · into Tributary Of Bere Stream · 19.5 km upstream along the river
1 spill · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Wessex Water · 23.5 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
Placed on the river by its position alone.
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Wessex Water · into The River Piddle · 31.7 km upstream along the river
78 spills · 1,753 hours in 2025
Monitor offline: it cannot say whether it is discharging
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Wessex Water · into The River Piddle · 32.1 km upstream along the river
76 spills · 1,692 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

Nearby, connection not known

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

💧
Wessex Water · into Trib Of River Piddle · 380 m away in a straight line · several watercourses close by, nothing to choose between them
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Wxw01307🦪 Shellfish
Wessex Water · 780 m away in a straight line · several watercourses close by, nothing to choose between them
3 spills · 5 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Wessex Water · into River Frome (Estuarine) · 1000 m away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
6 spills · 8 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Wessex Water · into River Frome (Estuarine) · 1.3 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
10 spills · 17 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Wessex Water · into Trib Of River Frome (S) · 1.5 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
22 spills · 96 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Wareham Wastewater Treatment Works🏊 Bathing water🦪 Shellfish
Wessex Water · into Tidal River Piddle · 2.5 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
7 spills · 19 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Wessex Water · into Tributary Of River Frome · 2.5 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
3 spills · 8 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Holton Heath Ww Pumping Station🏊 Bathing water🦪 Shellfish
Wessex Water · into Trib Of Poole Harbour · 4.8 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
6 spills · 14 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

2 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 →

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 9 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.3 km away).

111flood warnings 636flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 25 Jan 2026 — River Piddle from Alton Pancras to Wareham

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 2 55
2025 12 34
2024 21 66
2023 16 48
2022 4 34
2021 2 17
2020 10 45
2019 4 59
2018 1 50
2017 0 26
2016 6 40
2015 0 27
2014 6 60
2013 7 34
2012 6 36
2011 0 5
2010 1 0
2009 5 0
2008 2 0
2007 5 0
2006 1 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

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