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Current Level
0.188 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.188 mASD
24h Min
0.187 mASD
Typical Range
0.19 - 1.60
mASD
Highest Recorded
2.65 mASD
EA official record
2.66 in our data (since Aug 1984)
Current level is 7% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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1 day
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 7 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.
4 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 20.3 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 4 report not discharging.
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Frome · 21.3 km upstream along the river
29 spills · 24 hours in 2024
Not discharging now · last
1 other overflow within 6 km is downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so it is 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 →
In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 1.60 m
on about 5 days.
This year so far: 7 days.
20267 days, 2 of them high · 2 highso far
20253 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
202412 days, 9 of them high · 9 high
202310 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
20220 days
20214 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
20209 days, 7 of them high · 7 highpatchy data
20198 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
20184 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
20171 day, 1 of them high · 1 high
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out, so a year marked patchy may have run high more often than shown.
The darker part is days above 1.94 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2011 for the 4 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 4.1 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 Yarkhill flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 4 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 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
0.57
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
782 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +7% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.9%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
22.55 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
24.33 m³/s
30 Dec 1981 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
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 5%Grassland 53%Arable 39%Urban 3%
Flow affected by: effluent returns.
Photos
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Velocity area station using a road bridge with a flat, insensitive invert and an adjacent box culvert as low and medium range controls.
More detail
The catchment
Catchment of Lower Frome D/s of 55028 is underlain by the marl strata of the Lower Old Red Sandstone. Bounded to the north by the Ordovician inliers of Shucknall Hill and Bertestree. To the south bounded by the Silurian strata of the Woolhope Dome. Subdued relief, relatively low rainfall. Entirely rural, predominantly arable farming in lower areas with livestock on higher ground.
The station
Velocity area station using a road bridge with a flat, insensitive invert and an adjacent box culvert as low and medium range controls. Approx bankfull stage width is 12m. Broad floodplains operate above 2m when the Lodon tributary may bypass station via Watery Lane on right bank. Floodplain on left bank (above 2.5m) is very wide (1/2 mile).
How it measures flow
Station uses a road bridge with a flat, insensitive invert and an adjacent box culvert as low and medium range controls. Broad floodplains operate above 2m when the Lodon tributary may bypass station on Rb. Two peak flow ratings applied across period of record. Distinct rating change in 1995 to account of increased vegetation within approach channel. Some scatter in high flow check gaugings, but rating reasonable to bank full.
Flow regime
Mainly natural flow regime; runoff increased by effluent returns.
The flow record
No DMFs 15-26/9/1998 due to recalibration problems at the station. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2023 (WINFAP Files v12).
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Frome (Wye) at Yarkhill flooding today?
The current level is 0.19m, which is within the typical range of 0.19 to 1.60m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Yarkhill?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. 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 Frome (Wye) at Yarkhill?
The typical range at this station is 0.19m to 1.60m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.60m 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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