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 680 m away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 2 report not discharging.
Anglian Water · into Unnamed Tributary R Brant · 2.8 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
49 spills · 935 hours in 2025
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 →
🌊 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
0.37
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
612 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +1% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.7%
largely rural
Highest Daily Mean Flow
28.50 m³/s
20 Oct 2023 · 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.
Low relief catchment to W of Lincoln Edge. Geology: Lower Lias clays and subordinant l'sts with some Middle Lias on eastern watershed. Over 20% cover by broad band of river terrace sands and gravels, which forms much of western catchment. Rural catchment, with predominantly arable land use.
The station
Crump profile Flat V (1:10) weir, 6m wide, set in vertical wingwalls 1.5m high. U/s and sidewall tappings for non-modular flow estimation (not used). Channel u/s formed by training banks circa 1m higher than walls.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Flat-V weir
Operating since
1990
Station datum
10.0 mAOD
Flow record
1990–2024 · 34 yrs · 100% complete
Hydrometric area
30
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Frequently asked questions
Is BRANT BROUGHTON GS flooding today?
The latest recorded level is 0.02m. Compare it with the recent history on the chart above to judge whether levels are unusually high.
Is the river level rising or falling at BRANT BROUGHTON GS?
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.
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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