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Current Level
0.018 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.026 m
24h Min
0.018 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 1% 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. 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.
Long Term
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Consecutive rainy days0 → 10+
Days Above Normal
This year vs 5-year monthly range
Recent Readings
Steady over 6h
10 Sep 08:15▬ steady0.018 m
10 Sep 08:00▬ steady0.018 m
10 Sep 07:45▬ steady0.018 m
10 Sep 07:30▬ steady0.018 m
10 Sep 07:15▬ steady0.018 m
10 Sep 06:45▬ steady0.018 m
10 Sep 06:30▬ steady0.018 m
10 Sep 06:15▬ steady0.018 m
10 Sep 06:00▬ steady0.018 m
10 Sep 05:45▬ steady0.018 m
10 Sep 05:30▬ steady0.018 m
10 Sep 05:15▼ -0.1 cm0.018 m
10 Sep 05:00▬ steady0.019 m
10 Sep 04:45▬ steady0.019 m
10 Sep 04:30▬ steady0.019 m
10 Sep 04:00▬ steady0.019 m
10 Sep 03:45▬ steady0.019 m
10 Sep 03:15▬ steady0.019 m
10 Sep 03:00▬ steady0.019 m
10 Sep 02:450.019 m
Rainfall & Weather
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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.
Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 8 Sep (2 days behind — the EA publishes each day's mean a day or two after it ends; unchecked, provisional)via EA Hydrology
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
🌊 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
💧 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Jordan at Little Bowden flooding today?
The current level is 0.02m, 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 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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