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Current Level
0.385 mASD
▲ Rising
24h Max
0.432 mASD
24h Min
0.328 mASD
Typical Range
0.24 - 0.80
mASD
Highest Recorded
1.74 mASD
EA official record
A 2.36 reading (20 Jan 2021) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current level is 22% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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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
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.
20 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 4.9 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 20 report not discharging.
Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of Boughton Dyke · 3.7 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
7 spills · 2 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. Explore the sewage map →
In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 0.80 m
on about 37 days.
This year so far: 15 days.
202615 days so far
202513 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
202446 days, 8 of them high · 8 high
202362 days, 14 of them high · 14 high
202231 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
202132 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
202043 days, 13 of them high · 13 high
201951 days, 8 of them high · 8 high
201829 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
201726 days, 12 of them high · 12 high
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 1.28 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2012 for the 7 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.8 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 Ollerton flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 7 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
0.82
groundwater-fed — slow & steady
Avg Annual Rainfall
713 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +5% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
13%
partly urbanised
Highest Daily Mean Flow
11.20 m³/s
25 Jun 2007 · 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.
Time-of-flight ultrasonic flow gauge installed in Jan/Feb 2019 replacing measurement from Flat V Weir. Widespread subsidence in the area caused intermittent drowning of the weir between October 2015 and April 2019 for which a tailwater correction was applied to account for non-modularity.
More detail
The catchment
Geology predominantly Sherwood Sandstone with Limestone in the west and Mercia Mudstone to the east. Little Drift cover. Contains urban areas of Mansfield and Sutton in Ashfield. Mixed land use of arable and woodland.
The station
Time of flight ultrasonic flow gauge post Jan 2019. Pre-2019 Flat V weir, 5.2m wide with 0.64m high wingwalls. Built to measure flows d/s of the Sherwood Sandstone aquifer and to complement gauge at Mansfield (28115) which measures flows u/s of aquifer. Weir drowned during June 2007 high flows, flows over wingwalls.
How it measures flow
High flows during full period of record to be used with caution. No out of bank rating during period of weir or ultrasonic measurement. Out of bank flow occurs more frequently since 2015 due to widespread subsidence. Wingwalls raised for installation of the ultrasonic sensors with bypassing occuring below top transducer level.
Flow regime
The Maun is influent in the Sherwood Sandstone reaches; low flows can decline below those at 28115.
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Maun at Whitewater Bridge flooding today?
The current level is 0.39m, which is within the typical range of 0.24 to 0.80m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Whitewater Bridge?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently rising. 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 Maun at Whitewater Bridge?
The typical range at this station is 0.24m to 0.80m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.80m 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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