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Current Level
0.456 m
▼ Falling
24h Max
0.762 m
24h Min
0.238 m
Typical Range
0.10 - 0.90
m
Highest Recorded
2.93 m
EA official record
2.58 in our data (since Jan 1976)
Current level is 16% 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 7 Oct (2 days behind — the EA publishes each day's mean a day or two after it ends; unchecked, provisional)via EA Hydrology
None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of this gauge on the mapped river network. That is not the same as none: the map leaves out many small streams and culverts, so an overflow it cannot place may still drain here, and not every company publishes every overflow. Those nearby are listed below.
Nearby, connection not known
Within 6 km in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water passes this gauge.
United Utilities · into Mill Dam · 5.5 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
56 spills · 99 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
1 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.
2 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 →
In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.90 m
on about 14 days.
This year so far: 3 days.
20263 days, 2 of them high · 2 highso far
202515 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
202417 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
202314 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
20226 days
202115 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
202022 days, 10 of them high · 10 high
201917 days, 8 of them high · 8 high
20186 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
201716 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 1.26 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 17 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 2.2 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 Capernwray flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 17 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 Fairly flashyResponds fairly quickly to rain, with moderate baseflow between events.
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
0.49
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,244 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +4% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.3%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
12.59 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
18.28 m³/s
5 Dec 2015 · 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 12%Grassland 85%Arable 1%Urban 1%
Photos
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Station opened in 1971 with a flat V weir gauging a natural, flashy catchment. Peak flow data available from 1990 onwards.
More detail
The catchment
NE-SW trending catchment formed from series of ridges of moderate relief. Solid geology: Carboniferous Limestone and Millstone Grit overlain by extensive Boulder Clay, glacial sands and gravels. Wholly rural with forest plantations. No significant catchment changes.
The station
Flat-V weir, opened 1971, 3.5m wide, cross-slopes 1:10, set in vertical wing walls, approx 1m high. Superseded level-only open channel station (High Keer Bridge) which opened 1970.
How it measures flow
Structure performs well, all flows contained within banks. A downstream recorder was installed in June 2007, and showed that the modular limit of the weir is around 0.6m. Station closed between October 1981 and 20 September 1990, and during this period the watercourse is believed to have been straightened. No cableway, but recent higher gaugings by ADCP. All gaugings at the higher flows are after 1990. One rating applied across period of record. Rating developed from gaugings. Rating revised after high flow gaugings in September 2011.
Flow regime
Rather flashy regime from natural catchment.
The flow record
No daily flow data 09/08/2001 and 23/11/2001 due to instrument failure during foot and mouth outbreak. Peak flow data are rejected as unrepresentative before 1990 as stages of high flow events in the early period (to 1981) tend to be lower than from 1990; the reason is unknown - could be due to the changes to the downstream channel, a change in maintenance regime, just possibly differences in equipment, or could be a genuine change in flows. 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 Keer at High River Keer flooding today?
The current level is 0.46m, which is within the typical range of 0.10 to 0.90m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at High River Keer?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling. 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 Keer at High River Keer?
The typical range at this station is 0.10m 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 upstream over weir from left bank
Looking downstream over weir from left bank
Stage = 1.51m, Oct-2008
