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Current Level
0.273 m
▲ Rising (+1cm/hr)
24h Max
0.348 m
24h Min
0.261 m
Typical Range
0.11 - 1.70
m
Highest Recorded
2.89 m
EA official record
A 3.91 reading (16 Mar 2013) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current level is 9% 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 6 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 Lades Pool Estuarine Waters · 5.7 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now
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 →
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 Galgate flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 21 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
0.44
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,266 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +1% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.6%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
16.91 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
23.80 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.
Flat V weir in confined concrete channel. Weir can be subject to weed growth in the summer.
More detail
The catchment
Catchment to the East of Lancaster draining steep moors of Littledale. Solid geology Millstone Grit, mostly covered with Boulder Clay with hill peat at highest altitudes. A predominantly rural catchment draining moorland. No significant catchment changes.
The station
Velocity area station opened 1966. Considerably truncated Flat V weir from September 1975, in confined concrete channel to 1.7m, with concrete wall above as a flood barrier.
How it measures flow
All flows contained in rectangular channel. No cableway. One peak flow ratings applied to whole period of record. Currently gauged using ADCP. On rating plot, all gaugings are after weir construction, except for the batch above the rating.
Flow regime
Predominantly natural flow regime. Some minor groundwater abstractions affect the flows.
The flow record
Lower confidence in pre-1970 data as exact date of flood wall construction prior to that date is unknown and back-dating of the peak flow rating prior to June 1970 therefore tentative. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in October 2018 (WINFAP Files v7).
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Conder at Galgate flooding today?
The current level is 0.27m, which is within the typical range of 0.11 to 1.70m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Galgate?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently rising. 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 Conder at Galgate?
The typical range at this station is 0.11m to 1.70m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.70m 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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4 Dec 2017 Nov 17 Flood Deposition
4 Dec 2017 Nov 17 Flood affect on weir
1983
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1983
Looking u/s over weir from R bank
Across weir
At Galgate Bridge approx 400m upstream