Clyde catchment
• South Lanarkshire • ID: SEPA_133084 • Level
SEPA does not publish a typical range for this gauge, so FloodRadar
works one out from its own history (its usual daily lows and highs). It is not an official flood threshold.
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Current Level
0.733 m
▼ Falling (-3cm/hr)
24h Max
0.961 m
24h Min
0.265 m
Typical Range
0.13 - 1.24
m
Highest Recorded
2.68 m
1 Mar 2020
Since Jul 2016
Current level is 27% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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1 day
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.
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.
13 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 310 m away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 10 report not discharging, and for 3 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.
Scottish Water · into Whinny Burn · 3.8 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
Not discharging now
10 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.
41 other overflows within 6 km are downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so they are 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 →
In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 1.24 m
on about 20 days.
This year so far: 1 day.
20261 day so far
202513 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
202421 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
202318 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
202214 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
202114 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
202039 days, 16 of them high · 16 high
201925 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
201815 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
201719 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 1.80 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
Related gauges
Measured from a year of how these gauges actually moved.
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Avon Water at Fairholm flooding today?
The current level is 0.73m, which is within the typical range of 0.13 to 1.24m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Fairholm?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling. 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 Avon Water at Fairholm?
The typical range at this station is 0.13m to 1.24m, estimated by FloodRadar from SEPA historical readings. Levels above 1.24m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.
How often is this river level data updated?
Readings are supplied by the SEPA gauge. FloodRadar checks for updates roughly every 15 minutes; the timestamp above shows how recent the latest available reading is.
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