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Occombe Valley Road

Occombe Brook
Teign Torbay and South Hams catchment • Torbay • ID: E85783 • Level
(31m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 46 views

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Current Level
0.039 m?
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.043 m
24h Min
0.039 m
Typical Range
-
Highest Recorded
0.24 m
EA official record
0.15 in our data (since Jun 2026)
Current level is 16% of this
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Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Steady over 3h
29 Oct 06:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.039 m
29 Oct 06:30 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.040 m
29 Oct 06:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.039 m
29 Oct 06:00 ▬ steady 0.040 m
29 Oct 05:45 ▬ steady 0.040 m
29 Oct 05:30 ▬ steady 0.040 m
29 Oct 05:15 ▬ steady 0.040 m
29 Oct 05:00 ▬ steady 0.040 m
29 Oct 04:45 ▬ steady 0.040 m
29 Oct 04:30 ▬ steady 0.040 m
29 Oct 04:25 ▬ steady 0.040 m
29 Oct 04:20 ▬ steady 0.040 m
29 Oct 04:15 ▬ steady 0.040 m
29 Oct 04:10 ▬ steady 0.040 m
29 Oct 04:05 ▬ steady 0.040 m
29 Oct 04:00 ▬ steady 0.040 m
29 Oct 03:55 ▬ steady 0.040 m
29 Oct 03:50 ▬ steady 0.040 m
29 Oct 03:45 ▬ steady 0.040 m
29 Oct 03:40 0.040 m

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Occombe Valley Road
  • Watercourse: Occombe Brook
  • County: Torbay
  • Coordinates: 50°27'10"N 3°34'37"W (50.452659, -3.576829)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 5 Feb 2026
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: E85783
  • RLOI id: 10470 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: E85783-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: m?
  • Typical rise rate: 2 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~17 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Distance to the sea: about 2.1 km by river (estimated along OS Open Rivers)
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Teign Torbay and South Hams
  • EA Cross-check: 0.04 m (EA at 29 Oct 06:45)

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2012 for the 5 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 2.2 km away).

30flood warnings 0flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 3 Feb 2026 — South Devon coast low-lying areas of the Dart estuary

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 5 0
2025 1 0
2024 3 0
2023 4 0
2020 4 0
2018 2 0
2016 3 0
2014 3 0
2013 1 0
2012 4 0

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Is the Occombe Brook at Occombe Valley Road flooding today?

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