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Burton Coggles

West Glen River
Welland catchment • Burton-Le-Coggles • Lincolnshire • ID: E2300 • Level
(36m ago) • 3 readings/hr • 114 views

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Current Level
-0.123 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
-0.121 m
24h Min
-0.123 m
Typical Range
0.04 - 0.98
m
Highest Recorded
2.22 m
EA official record
A 2.92 reading (10 Apr 1998) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current Flow
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Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Steady over 6h
10 Oct 13:00 ▬ steady -0.123 m
10 Oct 12:30 ▬ steady -0.123 m
10 Oct 12:15 ▬ steady -0.123 m
10 Oct 11:45 ▬ steady -0.123 m
10 Oct 11:30 ▬ steady -0.123 m
10 Oct 11:15 ▬ steady -0.123 m
10 Oct 11:00 ▼ -0.1 cm -0.123 m
10 Oct 10:35 ▬ steady -0.122 m
10 Oct 10:15 ▬ steady -0.122 m
10 Oct 10:00 ▬ steady -0.122 m
10 Oct 09:50 ▬ steady -0.122 m
10 Oct 09:30 ▬ steady -0.122 m
10 Oct 09:15 ▬ steady -0.122 m
10 Oct 08:50 ▬ steady -0.122 m
10 Oct 08:30 ▬ steady -0.122 m
10 Oct 08:00 ▬ steady -0.122 m
10 Oct 07:45 ▬ steady -0.122 m
10 Oct 07:30 ▬ steady -0.122 m
10 Oct 07:15 ▬ steady -0.122 m
10 Oct 06:45 -0.122 m

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Burton Coggles
  • Watercourse: West Glen River
  • Nearest Town: Burton-Le-Coggles
  • County: Lincolnshire
  • Nearest reservoir: Rutland (19.0 km) · 67.6% full (as of 5 Oct 2026)
  • Coordinates: 52°49'24"N 0°32'12"W (52.823395, -0.536693)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Jan 1980
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E2300
  • RLOI id: 6026 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: E2300-level-stage-i-15_min-m
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: m
  • Typical data delay: ~17 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Welland
  • Typical Range: 0.035 – 0.980 m
  • Drainage Area: 32 km² upstream of this gauge
  • Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 8 Oct (2 days behind — the EA publishes each day's mean a day or two after it ends; unchecked, provisional) via EA Hydrology
  • EA Cross-check: -0.12 m (EA at 10 Oct 12:30)
  • Flow Archive: National River Flow Archive ↗

Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

Nearby Stations

Gauges connected to this river, and others nearby. A distance “by river” follows the river on the map; any other is in a straight line.

Connected downstream

Same river system, separate branch

Distances by river: OS Open Rivers. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

💧 Storm overflows upstream of this gauge

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.

💧
Anglian Water · into Trib East Glen · 4.9 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
1 spill · 5 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

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 →

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Rainfall & Weather

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How often this river runs high

In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.98 m on about 3 days. This year so far: 3 days.

2026 3 days so far
2025 4 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
2024 5 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
2023 3 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
2022 2 days
2021 4 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
2020 2 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
2019 7 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
2018 2 days
2017 0 days

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out. The darker part is days above 1.43 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2007 for the 3 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 7.4 km away).

11flood warnings 77flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 6 Jan 2025 — River Tham in Castle Bytham and Little Bytham

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 8
2025 2 4
2024 2 7
2023 1 8
2022 0 6
2021 0 7
2020 1 5
2019 0 8
2018 0 2
2016 2 2
2014 0 1
2013 1 5
2012 0 4
2010 0 1
2009 0 1
2008 1 3
2007 1 5

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 Burton-Le-Coggles flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 3 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

Catchment Character

🌊 Fairly flashy Responds 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
0.48
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
683 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +5% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.3%
largely rural
Highest Daily Mean Flow
2.60 m³/s
6 May 1969 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 0.1180.5820.0275% (high)% of days exceeded95% (low)
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 7%Grassland 14%Arable 78%Urban 2%
Grassland 19% → 14% since 1990

Flow affected by: groundwater abstraction.

About this gauge

Flat V weir on the upper reaches of the West Glen.

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The catchment

Upper reaches of the West Glen south of Grantham. Predominantly agricultural land.

The station

Flat V weir replaced simple Crump profile weir in 1973.

The flow record

Missing daily flow for June 2019 event as stage exceeded rating.

Descriptions from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH). NRFA station record ↗

Gauge Details

How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).

Gauge type
Flat-V weir
Operating since
1969
Station datum
60.8 mAOD
Flow record
1969–2024 · 55 yrs · 97% complete
Hydrometric area
31
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the West Glen River at Burton Coggles flooding today?

The current level is -0.12m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Burton Coggles?

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 West Glen River at Burton Coggles?

The typical range at this station is 0.04m to 0.98m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.98m 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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