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Current Level
0.230 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.235 mASD
24h Min
0.229 mASD
Typical Range
0.15 - 2.40
mASD
Highest Recorded
3.00 mASD
22 Jul 2007
Since Mar 1981
Current level is 8% 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 6h
23 Aug 23:15▬ steady0.230 mASD
23 Aug 23:00▲ +0.1 cm0.230 mASD
23 Aug 22:45▬ steady0.229 mASD
23 Aug 21:30▬ steady0.229 mASD
23 Aug 21:15▼ -0.1 cm0.229 mASD
23 Aug 21:00▬ steady0.230 mASD
23 Aug 20:45▬ steady0.230 mASD
23 Aug 20:30▬ steady0.230 mASD
23 Aug 20:15▬ steady0.230 mASD
23 Aug 20:00▼ -0.1 cm0.230 mASD
23 Aug 19:45▬ steady0.231 mASD
23 Aug 19:30▬ steady0.231 mASD
23 Aug 19:15▲ +0.1 cm0.231 mASD
23 Aug 19:00▼ -0.1 cm0.230 mASD
23 Aug 18:45▬ steady0.231 mASD
23 Aug 18:30▬ steady0.231 mASD
23 Aug 18:15▬ steady0.231 mASD
23 Aug 18:00▼ -0.1 cm0.231 mASD
23 Aug 17:45▬ steady0.232 mASD
23 Aug 17:300.232 mASD
Rainfall & Weather
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2011 for the 9 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 2.8 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 Lugwardine 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
0.59
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
896 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +2% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.6%
largely rural
Highest Recorded Flow
81.05 m³/s
8 Dec 1972
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.
Velocity area station with cableway used as flood warning station from July 1982 to Dec 1989 and reinstated as flow monitoring station from Jan 1990.
More detail
The catchment
Geology: Lower Old Red Sandstone, marl dominated producing subdued relief (Herefordshire Plain). Fluvio-glacial deposits near main channel worked for sand and gravel production.
The station
Velocity area station with cableway (27.5m between stanchions). Width at bankfull is 16m. Flows over right bank at 2.50m onto wide floodplain with considerable storage. Station for flood warning purposes only from Jul 1982 to Dec 1989. Reinstated as flow monitoring station from Jan 1990. Removed from peak flows dataset in April 2017 (WINFAP Files v5).
How it measures flow
Cableway rated with unstable gravel bed. Recent peaks truncated at 32.1 cumecs - rating limit (overbank flows spill onto wide floodplain). Excessive weed growth in summer months requires regular clearance and gravel movement is also an issue requiring maintenance - anecdotal evidence indicates this could be an issue at low flows.
The flow record
No records pre-1953. Peaks unreliable 1953-1965. Following a rating review in 2013 flows for the period 01/03/1981 onwards have been reprocessed - note this results in a significant drop in flows during the 1995 drought. Following a rating review in 2023 flows for the period 06/03/2014 onwards have been reprocessed.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Velocity–area
Operating since
1939
Station datum
44.9 mAOD
Flow record
1939–2024 · 85 yrs · 92% complete
Hydrometric area
55
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
🚽 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Lugg at Lugwardine flooding today?
The current level is 0.23m, which is within the typical range of 0.15 to 2.40m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Lugwardine?
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 Lugg at Lugwardine?
The typical range at this station is 0.15m to 2.40m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 2.40m 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:
