This gauge is tidally influenced — levels rise and fall with each tide, so rapid changes here
are normal and don't necessarily indicate flooding.
⚙ Tidally influenced - confirmed by cross-correlation with a nearby tide gauge (auto-classifier missed it). Excluded from rising-rivers rankings and the prediction models.
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A 3.91 reading (16 Mar 2013) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current level is 29% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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EA forecast (official)
Flood predictions aren't generated for
tidal gauges —
their levels are driven by the tide,
not by catchment rainfall, so the forecast models would have no skill here.
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.
26 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 2.8 km away along the river. 1 reports discharging now, 25 report not discharging.
Anglian Water · into Billinghay Soke Dyke · 4.8 km away in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it
48 spills · 400 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. Sewage & storm overflows →
In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 1.33 m
on about 34 days.
This year so far: 52 days.
202652 days, 1 of them high · 1 highso far
202537 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
202448 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
202361 days, 11 of them high · 11 high
202215 days
202134 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
202026 days
201966 days, 15 of them high · 15 high
201815 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
20173 days
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 2.69 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 14 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 2.9 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 Chapel Hill flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 14 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
Is the River Witham at Chapel Hill flooding today?
The current level is 0.94m, which is within the typical range of 0.39 to 1.33m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Chapel Hill?
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 Witham at Chapel Hill?
The typical range at this station is 0.39m to 1.33m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.33m 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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