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Partney

Lymn
Witham catchment • Partney • Lincolnshire • ID: E1788 • Level
(37m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 167 views

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Current Level
0.039 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.052 mASD
24h Min
0.025 mASD
Typical Range
0.02 - 0.60
mASD
Highest Recorded
1.18 mASD
EA official record
1.12 in our data (since Nov 2012)
Current level is 3% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Falling · -1 cm over 6h
08 Oct 10:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.039 mASD
08 Oct 10:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.040 mASD
08 Oct 09:45 ▬ steady 0.041 mASD
08 Oct 09:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.041 mASD
08 Oct 09:00 ▬ steady 0.042 mASD
08 Oct 08:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.043 mASD
08 Oct 08:30 ▼ -0.3 cm 0.044 mASD
08 Oct 08:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.047 mASD
08 Oct 07:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.048 mASD
08 Oct 07:15 ▬ steady 0.049 mASD
08 Oct 07:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.049 mASD
08 Oct 06:45 ▬ steady 0.050 mASD
08 Oct 06:30 ▬ steady 0.051 mASD
08 Oct 06:15 ▬ steady 0.051 mASD
08 Oct 06:00 ▬ steady 0.051 mASD
08 Oct 05:45 ▬ steady 0.051 mASD
08 Oct 05:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.051 mASD
08 Oct 05:15 ▬ steady 0.052 mASD
08 Oct 05:00 ▬ steady 0.052 mASD
08 Oct 04:45 0.052 mASD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Partney
  • Watercourse: River Lymn
  • Nearest Town: Partney
  • County: Lincolnshire
  • Coordinates: 53°11'13"N 0°5'48"E (53.187011, 0.096794)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 1 Jan 1979
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E1788
  • RLOI id: 6112 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: E1788-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 1 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Witham
  • Datum: 0.040m AOD
  • Typical Range: 0.017 – 0.600 mASD
  • Drainage Area: 62 km² upstream of this gauge
  • Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 6 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: 0.04 mASD (EA at 8 Oct 10:00)
  • 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.

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.

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Nearby

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 Of River Lymn · 3.8 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
6 spills · 14 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 →

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 0.60 m on about 5 days. This year so far: 3 days.

2026 3 days so far
2025 4 days
2024 11 days
2023 7 days
2022 0 days
2021 4 days
2020 7 days
2019 13 days
2018 2 days
2017 1 day

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2007 for the 5 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.6 km away).

1severe warning 7flood warnings 50flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 6 Jan 2025 — Isolated properties near the River Lymn and Steeping

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 0 2
2025 0 1 3
2024 0 2 5
2023 0 1 4
2021 0 0 4
2020 1 2 4
2019 0 1 9
2018 0 0 1
2017 0 0 1
2016 0 0 2
2014 0 0 1
2013 0 0 2
2012 0 0 6
2008 0 0 2
2007 0 0 4

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 Partney flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 5 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

Catchment Character

🌊 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).

Baseflow Index
0.57
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
734 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +5% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.6%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
7.18 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
11.75 m³/s
26 Apr 1981 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 0.5101.370.3480.1545% (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 6%Grassland 39%Arable 54%Urban 2%
Arable 73% → 54% since 1990

Flow affected by: public water supply, industrial / agricultural abstraction.

Photos

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

Photos © NRFA / UKCEH & the measuring authority — shown at web resolution. Full gallery on the NRFA ↗

About this gauge

Crump weir gauging a rural catchment with mixed geology located in Lincolnshire Wolds, with minor artificial influences.

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The catchment

Catchment with mixed permeability bedrock geology and some superficial deposits. Wholly rural, predominantly arable land use.

The station

Crump weir with 5m crest.

How it measures flow

The weir is probably non-modular at very high flows due to backing up behind struts and a bridge, but is bypassed just before this point. Rated by model tests and confirmed by check gaugings to highest gauging of 0.6m. One rating applied across period of record.

Flow regime

Abstraction for irrigation in upper reaches and some abstraction for PWS may have effect on low flows in summer.

The flow record

Station was bypassed in Oct 1993. 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
Crump weir
Operating since
1962
Station datum
14.9 mAOD
Flow record
1962–2024 · 62 yrs · 100% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1962
Hydrometric area
30
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Lymn at Partney flooding today?

The current level is 0.04m, which is within the typical range of 0.02 to 0.60m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Partney?

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 Lymn at Partney?

The typical range at this station is 0.02m to 0.60m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.60m 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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