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Deerhurst

Severn
Severn Vale catchment • Deerhurst • Gloucestershire • ID: 2606 • Level
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Last Level
0.577 mASD
⚠ 7d ago · may be out of date
24h Max
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24h Min
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Typical Range
0.50 - 4.49
mASD
Highest Recorded
16.38 mASD
30 Mar 2025
Since Sep 2018
Current Flow
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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2012 for the 14 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.3 km away).

2severe warnings 304flood warnings 32flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 2 Mar 2026River Severn at Apperley and The Leigh

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 14 2
2025 0 19 7
2024 0 58 15
2023 0 34 2
2022 1 14 3
2021 0 16 3
2020 1 32 0
2019 0 31 0
2018 0 8 0
2016 0 14 0
2015 0 5 0
2014 0 23 0
2013 0 14 0
2012 0 22 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. See also the Deerhurst flood history.

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Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Deerhurst
  • Watercourse: River Severn
  • Nearest Town: Deerhurst
  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Coordinates: 51°58'9"N 2°11'37"W (51.969234, -2.193572)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Dec 1995
  • Status: Active (Data Temporarily Suspended)
  • Station Type: River level station
  • Station Reference: 2606
  • EA Gauge ID: 2606-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 28 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Severn Vale
  • Typical Range: 0.502 – 4.492 mASD
  • Drainage Area: 9,877 km² upstream of this gauge
  • Flow Data: Available (m³/s) via EA Hydrology
  • EA Cross-check: 0.58 mASD (EA at 16 Aug 05:30)
  • 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

🌊 Mixed response A 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
0.51
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
850 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +4% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
3.5%
partly urbanised
Highest Recorded Flow
820 m³/s
5 Jan 2024
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 10636762.7018.805% (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 9%Grassland 52%Arable 30%Heath/scrub 1%Urban 7%Other 1%

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

An ultrasonic gauging station on the River Severn.

More detail

The catchment

Very large, diverse catchment, Paleozoic slates in Welsh headwaters, Permo-Triassic sediments in middle reaches and Jurassic and Liassic clays from the Avon catchment.

The station

Cross path ultrasonic gauge to measure low to medium flows where tides affect the flow regime. Upgrade of ultrasonic gauge started June 2007. High flow and gauging site at Haw Bridge (54057) but prone to overestimate flows during tidal phases - leading to significant differences in flow series during tidal phases and dropouts in flow.

How it measures flow

Unable to infill gaps during 2011 due to ultrasonic gauge fault.

Flow regime

Substantial modification to flow owing to PWS exports and effluent returns (chiefly to the Stour, Worcester, Avon and Thames).

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
Gauging structure
Operating since
1995
Station datum
9.8 mAOD
Flow record
1995–2024 · 29 yrs · 70% complete
Hydrometric area
54
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Severn at Deerhurst flooding today?

The current level is 0.58m, which is within the typical range of 0.50 to 4.49m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Deerhurst?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling. The chart above shows the last 7 days of measurements, updated roughly every 15 minutes.

Why is the level slowly falling?

When little or no rain has fallen for a while, a river level gradually drops as the water stored in the ground and soil drains away with nothing to replace it. This is called baseflow recession and is normal in dry spells. Only about 1.0mm of rain has fallen nearby in the last 7 days, so the flow is being sustained mainly by groundwater. A gentle decline like this is expected and is not a sign of a problem — downstream gauges often recede a little faster than headwaters further upstream, and levels recover once rain returns.

What is a normal level for the River Severn at Deerhurst?

The typical range at this station is 0.50m to 4.49m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 4.49m 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.

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