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Current Level
0.056 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.057 mASD
24h Min
0.055 mASD
Typical Range
0.06 - 0.58
mASD
Highest Recorded
1.30 mASD
9 Apr 1998
Since May 1995
Current level is 4% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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Flood predictions aren't generated for
lock / structure gauges —
their levels are driven by gate operation,
not by catchment rainfall, so the forecast models would have no skill here.
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.
Downstream level
7 days
The level on the DOWNSTREAM side of this lock/weir structure — a separate EA
measure from the main (upstream) reading shown on the Current tab. Threshold bands
are computed from this gauge's own downstream history.
Long Term
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Consecutive rainy days0 → 10+
Days Above Normal
This year vs 5-year monthly range
Recent Readings
Steady over 6h
24 Aug 00:30▬ steady0.056 mASD
24 Aug 00:15▬ steady0.056 mASD
24 Aug 00:00▬ steady0.056 mASD
23 Aug 23:45▬ steady0.056 mASD
23 Aug 23:30▬ steady0.056 mASD
23 Aug 23:15▬ steady0.056 mASD
23 Aug 23:00▬ steady0.056 mASD
23 Aug 22:45▬ steady0.056 mASD
23 Aug 21:30▲ +0.1 cm0.056 mASD
23 Aug 21:15▬ steady0.055 mASD
23 Aug 21:00▬ steady0.055 mASD
23 Aug 20:45▬ steady0.055 mASD
23 Aug 20:30▬ steady0.055 mASD
23 Aug 20:15▬ steady0.055 mASD
23 Aug 20:00▬ steady0.055 mASD
23 Aug 19:45▬ steady0.055 mASD
23 Aug 19:30▬ steady0.055 mASD
23 Aug 19:15▬ steady0.055 mASD
23 Aug 19:00▬ steady0.055 mASD
23 Aug 18:450.055 mASD
Rainfall & Weather
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2012 for the 7 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.0 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 Bodicote 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
🌊 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
0.73
groundwater-fed — slow & steady
Avg Annual Rainfall
698 mm/yr
1991–2020 · -1% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
1.7%
largely rural
Highest Recorded Flow
10.70 m³/s
9 Apr 1998
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.
Land Cover (2023)
Woodland 3%Grassland 45%Arable 47%Urban 5%
Arable 51% → 47% since 1990
Flow affected by: public water supply.
About this gauge
Located on Sor Brook, the crump weir replaced the Adderbury gauging station (39051) that closed in April 1988.
More detail
The catchment
Primarily an impermeable (Middle Lias) catchment. The catchment is rural in character.
The station
Crump Weir with u/s and d/s levels monitored.
Flow regime
Appreciable baseflow but also very responsive to rainfall. Significant abstraction u/s - but only operates when flows > 0.16 cumecs.
The flow record
Peak of the April 1998 flood was estimated at around 17 cumecs. Period between June and July 2024 removed due to erroneous data - infill requested.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Crump weir
Operating since
1994
Station datum
90.5 mAOD
Flow record
1995–2024 · 29 yrs · 100% complete
Hydrometric area
39
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
🚽 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the Sor Brook at Bodicote flooding today?
The current level is 0.06m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Bodicote?
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.
What is a normal level for the Sor Brook at Bodicote?
The typical range at this station is 0.06m to 0.58m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.58m 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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📮 Flood risk by postcode near this gauge
Postcodes within 5 km with properties in the Environment Agency’s rivers-and-sea flood-risk bands:
