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Current Level
0.036 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.038 mASD
24h Min
0.036 mASD
Typical Range
0.04 - 0.60
mASD
Highest Recorded
1.41 mASD
24 Nov 2024
Since Jul 1978
Current level is 3% 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
Falling · -0.2 cm over 19h
24 Aug 00:00▬ steady0.036 mASD
23 Aug 23:00▬ steady0.036 mASD
23 Aug 22:00▬ steady0.036 mASD
23 Aug 21:00▬ steady0.036 mASD
23 Aug 20:00▬ steady0.036 mASD
23 Aug 19:00▬ steady0.036 mASD
23 Aug 18:00▬ steady0.036 mASD
23 Aug 17:00▬ steady0.036 mASD
23 Aug 16:00▼ -0.1 cm0.036 mASD
23 Aug 15:00▬ steady0.037 mASD
23 Aug 14:00▼ -0.1 cm0.037 mASD
23 Aug 13:00▲ +0.1 cm0.038 mASD
23 Aug 12:00▬ steady0.037 mASD
23 Aug 11:00▬ steady0.037 mASD
23 Aug 10:00▬ steady0.037 mASD
23 Aug 09:00▬ steady0.037 mASD
23 Aug 08:00▬ steady0.037 mASD
23 Aug 07:00▼ -0.1 cm0.037 mASD
23 Aug 06:00▬ steady0.038 mASD
23 Aug 05:000.038 mASD
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2008 for the 5 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 4.9 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 Parkend 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
🌊 Mixed responseA 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
0.50
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,019 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +8% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
3.0%
partly urbanised
Highest Recorded Flow
6.74 m³/s
27 Dec 1979
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 87%Grassland 5%Urban 8%
Urban 4% → 8% since 1990
Flow affected by: effluent returns.
About this gauge
Catchment in the Forest of Dean, with a mostly natural flow regime.
More detail
The catchment
Moderately steep catchment entirely within the Forest of Dean; drains the Upper Coal Measures - principally s'st with thin shale and coal horizons with little Drift cover.
The station
Crump profile weir, 3m wide, 1m wingwalls, set in a wider channel.
Flow regime
Substantially natural flow regime (but sewage effluent from Parkend).
The flow record
Closed between 3/86 and 2/92. Similar minimum flows in 1982 and 1983.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Crump weir
Operating since
1978–1983
Station datum
37.7 mAOD
Flow record
1978–1983 · 5 yrs · 100% complete
Hydrometric area
54
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
🚽 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Lyd at Parkend flooding today?
The current level is 0.04m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Parkend?
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 Lyd at Parkend?
The typical range at this station is 0.04m to 0.60m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.60m 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:
