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Claypole

Name: Claypole River Level Data
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Witham

Witham catchment • Claypole • Lincolnshire • ID: E2901 • Level

07:00 (47m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 187 views

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Current Level

0.095 mASD

▬ Steady

24h Max

0.108 mASD

24h Min

0.091 mASD

Typical Range

0.11 - 0.69

mASD

Highest Recorded

0.97 mASD

EA official record

A 1.34 reading (10 Mar 2014) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record

Current level is 10% of this

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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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Days Above Normal

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Recent Readings

Rising · +0.4 cm over 6h

10 Sep 07:00 ▬ steady 0.095 mASD

10 Sep 06:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.095 mASD

10 Sep 06:30 ▬ steady 0.094 mASD

10 Sep 06:15 ▬ steady 0.094 mASD

10 Sep 06:00 ▬ steady 0.094 mASD

10 Sep 05:45 ▬ steady 0.094 mASD

10 Sep 05:30 ▬ steady 0.094 mASD

10 Sep 05:15 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.094 mASD

10 Sep 04:45 ▬ steady 0.093 mASD

10 Sep 04:30 ▬ steady 0.093 mASD

10 Sep 04:00 ▬ steady 0.093 mASD

10 Sep 03:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.093 mASD

10 Sep 03:15 ▬ steady 0.092 mASD

10 Sep 03:00 ▬ steady 0.092 mASD

10 Sep 02:45 ▬ steady 0.092 mASD

10 Sep 02:30 ▬ steady 0.092 mASD

10 Sep 02:20 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.092 mASD

10 Sep 01:30 ▬ steady 0.091 mASD

10 Sep 01:00 ▬ steady 0.091 mASD

10 Sep 00:45 0.091 mASD

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2007 for the 15 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.2 km away).

69flood warnings 174flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 8 Feb 2026 — River Trent at Newark for riverside properties

Year by year

Year	Warnings	Alerts
2026	4	15
2025	10	8
2024	11	17
2023	10	13
2022	1	8
2021	8	13
2020	8	10
2019	6	23
2018	0	6
2017	0	4
2016	0	7
2015	0	1
2014	0	9
2013	0	6
2012	7	12
2010	0	2
2009	0	3
2008	0	7
2007	4	10

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 Claypole flood history.

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Station Details

Monitoring Station: Claypole
Watercourse: River Witham
Nearest Town: Claypole
County: Lincolnshire
Coordinates: 53°1'22"N 0°44'46"W (53.022669, -0.746145)
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Date Opened: 1 Jan 1979
Status: Active
Station Type: River level station

Station Reference: E2901
EA Gauge ID: E2901-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
Parameter: Level
Unit: mASD
Typical rise rate: 1 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
Typical data delay: ~17 min (measured reading→publication lag)
Tidal: No
Lock / structure: No
Catchment Area: Witham
Datum: 0.070m AOD
Typical Range: 0.110 – 0.690 mASD
Drainage Area: 298 km² upstream of this gauge
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
EA Cross-check: 0.10 mASD (EA at 10 Sep 07:00)
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.

Catchment Character i

🌊 Mixed response A balance of quick runoff and slower groundwater baseflow.

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). What does this mean?

Baseflow Index

0.59

mixed response

Avg Annual Rainfall

654 mm/yr

1991–2020 · +3% since 1941–70

Urban Extent

3.5%

partly urbanised

Median Annual Flood

16.47 m³/s

QMED — typical yearly peak flow

Highest Daily Mean Flow

31.60 m³/s

11 Feb 1977 · 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 5%Grassland 24%Arable 63%Urban 7%

Flow affected by: reservoir influence, public water supply, effluent returns.

Photos

Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).

About this gauge

Gauging a predominantly rural catchment with mixed geology and substantial artificial influences.

More detail

The catchment

The catchment is about half clay and half limestone, mainly clay d/s of Grantham. Some superficial deposits of Boulder Clay in headwaters and gravel terrace deposits in valleys. Some drainage from the Lincolnshire Limestone in the form of springs. Other springs have been found to emanate from gravel beds perched on the Lias Clays. Largely rural, although Grantham is within the catchment.

The station

An old three level weir, total width of 24.99m converted to a standard broad-crested Lea design.

How it measures flow

No bypassing or drowning. Fairly insensitive but range and gauge quality good. Rated by current meter. Scatter in gaugings evident. One rating applied across period of record.

Flow regime

Substantial modification of low flows by transfer to Rutland Water and PWS at Saltersford; >50% of low flows may be abstracted representing between 10 and 30% of average flow. Some effluent returns.

The flow record

Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in October 2018 (WINFAP Files v7).

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

Gauging structure

Operating since

1959

Station datum

16.9 mAOD

Flow record

1959–2024 · 65 yrs · 100% complete

Peak-flow record

since 1959

Hydrometric area

Measured by

Environment Agency

Nearby Groundwater

Soil Moisture

Possible storm-overflow correlation

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Witham at Claypole flooding today?

The current level is 0.10m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Claypole?

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 Claypole?

The typical range at this station is 0.11m to 0.69m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.69m 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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