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Current Level
0.030 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.060 m
24h Min
0.029 m
Typical Range
0.02 - 0.76
m
Highest Recorded
1.81 m
EA official record
A 2.39 reading (9 Apr 1998) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current level is 2% 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 6 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.
2 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 3.3 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 1 reports not discharging, and for 1 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.
Anglian Water · into River Ise Nt · 5.4 km away in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map
13 spills · 82 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
5 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 0.76 m
on about 2 days.
This year so far: 2 days.
20262 days so far
20251 day
20249 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
20231 day
20221 day
20211 day
20202 days
20194 days
20181 day
20170 days
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 1.46 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2012 for the 5 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.9 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 Little Bowden flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 5 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 FlashyRain runs off fast — levels rise and fall sharply, often within hours of 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).
Baseflow Index
0.29
flashy — rain runs off fast
Avg Annual Rainfall
695 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +7% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
1.4%
largely rural
Highest Daily Mean Flow
0.750 m³/s
8 Jan 1972 · 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 1%Grassland 34%Arable 58%Urban 7%
Grassland 45% → 34% since 1990
Flow affected by: effluent returns.
About this gauge
Simple Crump profile weir gauge on the Jordan. Low flows only.
More detail
The catchment
Low permeability bedrock geology, with 50% superficial deposits, mainly Boulder Clay. Rural catchment with mixed farming.
The station
Simple Crump profile weir, crest 1.47m broad. Rated up to 0.354m (0.673 cumecs).
How it measures flow
Low flows only. Most high flows are truncated or missing, leading to unrepresentative mean runoff.
Flow regime
Missing data in recent years due to stage exceeding upper limit of the rating.
The flow record
Data available 1970-present. Missing data 05/1992-01/1995.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Crump weir
Operating since
1970
Station datum
75.3 mAOD
Flow record
1970–2024 · 54 yrs · 98% complete
Hydrometric area
31
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Jordan at Little Bowden flooding today?
The current level is 0.03m, which is within the typical range of 0.02 to 0.76m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Little Bowden?
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 Jordan at Little Bowden?
The typical range at this station is 0.02m to 0.76m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.76m 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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