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GREAT SAMPFORD FGS AND RAINGAUGE

Unknown 🌊 Tidal
• Essex • ID: E22476 • Flow
This gauge is tidally influenced — levels rise and fall with each tide, so rapid changes here are normal and don't necessarily indicate flooding.
(3h ago) • 5 readings/hr • 132 views
Last Flow
0.700 m3/s
⚠ 3h ago · may be out of date
24h Max
0.700 m3/s
24h Min
0.510 m3/s
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
2.03 m3/s
25 Apr 2026
Since Feb 2025
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Recent Flow Readings

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Recent Readings

Rising · +16 cm over 5h
08 Oct 02:02 ▲▲ +1 cm 0.700 m3/s
08 Oct 02:00 ▲▲ +10 cm 0.690 m3/s
08 Oct 01:45 ▲ +5 cm 0.590 m3/s
08 Oct 01:30 ▬ steady 0.540 m3/s
08 Oct 01:15 ▲ +2 cm 0.540 m3/s
08 Oct 01:00 ▼ -1 cm 0.520 m3/s
08 Oct 00:45 ▼ -2 cm 0.530 m3/s
08 Oct 00:30 ▼▼ -9 cm 0.550 m3/s
08 Oct 00:15 ▼ -4 cm 0.640 m3/s
08 Oct 00:00 ▼ -1.0 cm 0.680 m3/s
07 Oct 23:45 ▲ +1.0 cm 0.690 m3/s
07 Oct 23:30 ▬ steady 0.680 m3/s
07 Oct 23:15 ▼ -1.0 cm 0.680 m3/s
07 Oct 23:00 ▲ +5 cm 0.690 m3/s
07 Oct 22:45 ▲▲ +9 cm 0.640 m3/s
07 Oct 22:30 ▲ +1 cm 0.550 m3/s
07 Oct 22:15 ▲ +1 cm 0.540 m3/s
07 Oct 22:00 ▬ steady 0.530 m3/s
07 Oct 21:45 ▼ -1 cm 0.530 m3/s
07 Oct 21:30 0.540 m3/s

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: GREAT SAMPFORD FGS AND RAINGAUGE
  • Watercourse: —
  • County: Essex
  • Coordinates: 51°59'24"N 0°23'40"E (51.989985, 0.394354)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: Tidal / coastal station (inferred)
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E22476
  • EA Gauge ID: E22476-flow-stage-i-15_min-m3_s
  • Parameter: Flow
  • Unit: m3/s
  • Typical rise rate: 44 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~18 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: 🌊 Yes — levels follow the tide
  • Lock / structure: No

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2019 for the 1 flood area linked to this gauge (nearest 7.4 km away).

14flood warnings 0flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 5 Jan 2025 — Bumpstead Brook through Steeple Bumpstead to New England

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2025 1 0
2024 2 0
2023 2 0
2022 2 0
2021 4 0
2020 2 0
2019 1 0

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The latest recorded level is 0.70m. Compare it with the recent history on the chart above to judge whether levels are unusually high.

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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.

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