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Current Level
0.043 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.043 mASD
24h Min
0.040 mASD
Typical Range
0.02 - 0.28
mASD
Highest Recorded
0.43 mASD
12 Feb 2014
Since Oct 1990
Current level is 10% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. Shown with its calibrated 10–90% confidence band. 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.
Long Term
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Consecutive rainy days0 → 10+
Days Above Normal
This year vs 5-year monthly range
Recent Readings
Steady over 19h
24 Aug 00:00▬ steady0.043 mASD
23 Aug 23:00▬ steady0.043 mASD
23 Aug 22:00▬ steady0.043 mASD
23 Aug 21:00▬ steady0.043 mASD
23 Aug 20:15▬ steady0.043 mASD
23 Aug 19:00▬ steady0.043 mASD
23 Aug 18:00▬ steady0.043 mASD
23 Aug 17:00▬ steady0.042 mASD
23 Aug 16:00▬ steady0.042 mASD
23 Aug 15:00▬ steady0.042 mASD
23 Aug 14:00▲ +0.2 cm0.043 mASD
23 Aug 13:00▼ -0.1 cm0.041 mASD
23 Aug 12:00▲ +0.1 cm0.042 mASD
23 Aug 11:00▼ -0.1 cm0.041 mASD
23 Aug 10:00▬ steady0.042 mASD
23 Aug 09:00▬ steady0.042 mASD
23 Aug 08:00▬ steady0.042 mASD
23 Aug 07:00▬ steady0.042 mASD
23 Aug 06:00▬ steady0.043 mASD
23 Aug 05:000.043 mASD
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2012 for the 1 flood
area linked to this gauge (nearest 6.3 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 Fossebridge flood history.
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
🌊 Groundwater-fedSlow and steady — fed largely by groundwater, so levels change gradually, not in sudden spikes.
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
0.87
groundwater-fed — slow & steady
Avg Annual Rainfall
938 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +15% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.6%
largely rural
Highest Recorded Flow
4.72 m³/s
15 Feb 2014
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.
Land Cover (2023)
Woodland 16%Grassland 46%Arable 36%Urban 2%
Arable 46% → 36% since 1990
Flow affected by: groundwater abstraction.
About this gauge
Gauging station, located in the upper River Coln, situated above structures at Bibury (39020) and Fairford (39110).
More detail
The catchment
A rural, dip-slope, catchment developed on the Oolitic L'st of the Cotswolds.
The station
Crump-profile crest, 7.8m wide (constructed on original overfall).
How it measures flow
Modular until high flows but submerged in floods as flow is restricted by a d/s culvert and construction under a d/s bridge. Some bypassing also occurs. Intermittent flow in small bypass channel not measured.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Crump weir
Operating since
1990
Station datum
116.7 mAOD
Flow record
1990–2024 · 34 yrs · 100% complete
Hydrometric area
39
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
🚽 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Coln at Fosse Bridge flooding today?
The current level is 0.04m, which is within the typical range of 0.02 to 0.28m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Fosse Bridge?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. The chart above shows the last 7 days of measurements, updated roughly every 15 minutes.
What is a normal level for the River Coln at Fosse Bridge?
The typical range at this station is 0.02m to 0.28m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.28m 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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📮 Flood risk by postcode near this gauge
Postcodes within 5 km with properties in the Environment Agency’s rivers-and-sea flood-risk bands:
