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Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.
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.
Distances by river: OS Open Rivers. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
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.
18 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 2.3 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 18 report not discharging.
10 more further upstream, up to 37.3 km away along the river.
Within 6 km in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water passes this gauge.
6 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.
3 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 2026-10), which leaves out many small channels. Sewage & storm overflows →
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
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Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2008 for the 5 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.2 km away).
Most recent severe flood warning: 27 Jan 2026 — River Otter (Lower) at Ottery St. Mary
| Year | Severe | Warnings | Alerts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 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 warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 5 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
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).
Flow affected by: public water supply, groundwater abstraction, effluent returns, industrial / agricultural abstraction.
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
27 Jan 2023 Looking downstream of gauging station
27 Jan 2023 Gauging station from above
27 Jan 2023 Bridge upstream of station
27 Jan 2023 Looking at gauging station from upstream bridge
27 Jan 2023 Downstream looking towards gauging station
27 Jan 2023 Looking east
27 Jan 2023 Looking north
27 Jan 2023 Looking north to bridge
27 Jan 2023 Looking west
27 Jan 2023 Morphological change upstream of the station
4 Mar 2013 Main Channel Upstream from Footbridge
21 Nov 2012 View ds from Bridfe 2.52m
21 Nov 2012 View Upstream from Bridge 2.52
21 Nov 2012 View Upstream from Weir 2.41m
21 Nov 2012 IHB Overspill from Footbridge
7 Jul 2012 Looking Upstream, SG 2.400
Photos © NRFA / UKCEH & the measuring authority — shown at web resolution. Full gallery on the NRFA ↗
Velocity-area station opened in 1962 and rebuilt after 1968 flood, weir built in 1971.
Descriptions from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH). NRFA station record ↗
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
The latest recorded level is 1.24m3/s. Compare it with the recent history on the chart above to judge whether levels are unusually high.
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.
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.
Free live river-level widget — ideal for parish councils, angling clubs and local sites. Updates automatically.
Postcodes within 5 km with properties in the Environment Agency’s rivers-and-sea flood-risk bands:
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