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Current Level
0.235 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.250 m
24h Min
0.235 m
Typical Range
0.24 - 1.03
m
Highest Recorded
4.28 m
EA official record
3.09 in our data (since Nov 2012)
Current level is 5% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. Shown with its calibrated 10–90% confidence band. 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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Consecutive rainy days0 → 10+
Days Above Normal
This year vs 5-year monthly range
Recent Readings
Falling · -0.4 cm over 6h
23 Aug 23:00▬ steady0.235 m
23 Aug 22:45▼ -0.1 cm0.235 m
23 Aug 21:30▬ steady0.236 m
23 Aug 21:15▼ -0.1 cm0.236 m
23 Aug 21:00▬ steady0.237 m
23 Aug 20:45▼ -0.1 cm0.237 m
23 Aug 20:30▼ -0.1 cm0.238 m
23 Aug 20:15▲ +0.2 cm0.239 m
23 Aug 20:00▼ -0.2 cm0.237 m
23 Aug 19:45▲ +0.2 cm0.239 m
23 Aug 19:30▬ steady0.237 m
23 Aug 19:15▼ -0.3 cm0.237 m
23 Aug 19:00▲ +0.2 cm0.240 m
23 Aug 18:45▬ steady0.238 m
23 Aug 18:30▼ -0.1 cm0.238 m
23 Aug 18:15▲ +0.1 cm0.239 m
23 Aug 18:00▼ -0.1 cm0.238 m
23 Aug 17:45▬ steady0.239 m
23 Aug 17:30▬ steady0.239 m
23 Aug 17:150.239 m
Rainfall & Weather
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2013 for the 3 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 4.2 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 Heaton Mill flood history.
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
🌊 Mixed responseA 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
0.50
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
918 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +9% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.2%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
139 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Recorded Flow
208 m³/s
6 Jan 2016
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.
Ultrasonic station opened as a replacement for 21031.
More detail
The catchment
Rising on the Cheviot granite. Mixed geology (Cheviot igneous rock, sandstone etc). No known catchment changes.
The station
Five (crossed) path ultrasonic gauge in a trapezoidal channel, designed to measure full range of flows. River is deep and slow-flowing at Heaton Mill. Previously station number 21806.
How it measures flow
Well performing crossed-path multi-path ultrasonic gauge. Pre 2009 peaks were not recorded accurately above 150 cumecs due to range cap in the gauge configuration. A peak flow rating derived from ultrasonic measurements and confirmed by check gaugings is available.
Flow regime
Considerable spray irrigation abstractions during the summer, but unlikely to affect high flows.
The flow record
Ultrasonic gauge missed peak flows in Sep 2008, July 2009 and March 2010 due to limitation set in gauge configuration, these peaks are estimated from the rating. All missing data periods in daily flows are due to ultrasonic configuration issues. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in October 2018 (WINFAP Files v7).
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Gauging structure
Operating since
2002
Flow record
2002–2024 · 22 yrs · 99% complete
Peak-flow record
since 2001
Hydrometric area
21
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
🚽 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Till at Heaton Mill flooding today?
The current level is 0.24m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Heaton Mill?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. The chart above shows the last 7 days of measurements, updated roughly every 15 minutes.
Why is the level slowly falling?
When little or no rain has fallen for a while, a river level gradually drops as the water stored in the ground and soil drains away with nothing to replace it. This is called baseflow recession and is normal in dry spells. A gentle decline like this is expected and is not a sign of a problem — downstream gauges often recede a little faster than headwaters further upstream, and levels recover once rain returns.
What is a normal level for the River Till at Heaton Mill?
The typical range at this station is 0.24m to 1.03m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.03m 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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2 May 2002 Transducer racks. Flow = 7.35 cumecs
2 May 2002 Channel section with transducers, looking downstream. Flow = 7.35 cumecs
Downstream channel
