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Current Level
0.021 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.037 mASD
24h Min
0.020 mASD
Typical Range
0.02 - 0.19
mASD
Highest Recorded
0.77 mASD
EA official record
0.64 in our data (since Nov 2012)
Current level is 3% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
🌍 floodradar.co.uk
1 day
EA forecast (official)
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.
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
In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.19 m
on about 16 days.
This year so far: 53 days.
202653 days, 11 of them high · 11 highso far
202537 days, 8 of them high · 8 high
202422 days, 9 of them high · 9 high
202328 days, 12 of them high · 12 high
20220 days
202122 days
20201 day
201936 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
20182 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
20170 days
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 0.29 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 12 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.7 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 Heighington flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 12 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 Groundwater-fedSlow and steady — fed largely by groundwater, so levels change gradually, not in sudden spikes.
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
0.95
groundwater-fed — slow & steady
Avg Annual Rainfall
631 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +4% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
7.9%
partly urbanised
Median Annual Flood
0.648 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
5.17 m³/s
21 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.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Crump weir
Operating since
1976
Station datum
11.0 mAOD
Flow record
1976–2024 · 48 yrs · 100% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1976
Hydrometric area
30
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
Frequently asked questions
Is the Heighington Beck at Heighington Beck flooding today?
The current level is 0.02m, which is within the typical range of 0.02 to 0.19m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Heighington Beck?
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 Heighington Beck at Heighington Beck?
The typical range at this station is 0.02m to 0.19m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.19m 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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