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Current Level
0.145 m
▼ Easing
24h Max
0.455 m
24h Min
0.056 m
Typical Range
0.04 - 0.90
m
Highest Recorded
1.24 m
EA official record
1.24 in our data (since Jul 1998)
Current level is 12% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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EA forecast (official)
Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. The shaded band is its 10–90% range, widened so that about 80% of recent outcomes fall inside it.
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.
Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 8 Oct (2 days behind — the EA publishes each day's mean a day or two after it ends; unchecked, provisional)via EA Hydrology
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.
7 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 2.1 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 7 report not discharging.
United Utilities · into Clvrt Sect Swineshaw Brook · 5.7 km away in a straight line · its water cannot be followed on the map
9 spills · 20 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
3 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.
13 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 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels. Explore the sewage map →
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 Greenfield flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 14 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 Steep & flashySteep catchment sheds rain quickly — expect fast, sharp rises after heavy rain.
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).
Non-standard weir draining catchment consisting of Millstone Grit and Coal Measures.
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The catchment
Geology of Millstone Grit and Coal Measures with peat cover on high moors. Steeper valley sides drift free, otherwise mixed glacial drift cover. No catchment changes known.
The station
Station opened in July 1968 on an existing non-standard weir with a low, sharp metalwork crest and gradual downstream stone slope. Used for abstraction licence management and flood warning.
How it measures flow
Station has a stilling well with shaft encoder. Higher flows may spill onto a sports field on the left bank. Gaugings were not initiated until 2002. Peak flow rating derived using low flow current meter gaugings and high flow ADCP gaugings with modelled top end.
Flow regime
Several abstractions and discharges, the main influence being from the reservoirs - Castleshaw (Upper and Lower) and the Denshaw Valley system.
The flow record
Re-rated period of record released in September 2021 (WINFAP Files v10) and September 2022 (WINFAP Files v11). Both WY1997/1998 and WY2017/2018 are rejected due to substantial under-estimation of the true AMAX.
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Tame at Uppermill flooding today?
The current level is 0.15m, which is within the typical range of 0.04 to 0.90m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Uppermill?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling slightly. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.
What is a normal level for the River Tame at Uppermill?
The typical range at this station is 0.04m to 0.90m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.90m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.
How often is this river level data updated?
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.
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Looking across weir from right bank during low flows
Weir looking upstream from right bank during high flows