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Llanyblodwel

Tanat
Severn Uplands catchment • Llanyblodwel • Shropshire • ID: 2038 • Level
(21m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 161 views

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Current Level
0.206 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.227 mASD
24h Min
0.206 mASD
Typical Range
0.23 - 1.05
mASD
Highest Recorded
2.68 mASD
EA official record
2.68 in our data (since May 1973)
Current level is 8% of this
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Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Falling · -0.2 cm over 5h
10 Sep 07:30 ▬ steady 0.206 mASD
10 Sep 07:15 ▬ steady 0.206 mASD
10 Sep 07:00 ▬ steady 0.206 mASD
10 Sep 06:45 ▬ steady 0.206 mASD
10 Sep 06:30 ▬ steady 0.206 mASD
10 Sep 06:15 ▬ steady 0.206 mASD
10 Sep 06:00 ▬ steady 0.206 mASD
10 Sep 05:45 ▬ steady 0.206 mASD
10 Sep 05:30 ▬ steady 0.206 mASD
10 Sep 05:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.206 mASD
10 Sep 05:00 ▬ steady 0.207 mASD
10 Sep 04:45 ▬ steady 0.207 mASD
10 Sep 04:30 ▬ steady 0.207 mASD
10 Sep 04:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.207 mASD
10 Sep 04:00 ▬ steady 0.208 mASD
10 Sep 03:45 ▬ steady 0.208 mASD
10 Sep 03:30 ▬ steady 0.208 mASD
10 Sep 03:15 ▬ steady 0.208 mASD
10 Sep 03:00 ▬ steady 0.208 mASD
10 Sep 02:45 0.208 mASD

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 4 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.8 km away).

125flood warnings 296flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 18 Dec 2025River Vyrnwy at Melverley

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 13
2025 10 12
2024 19 23
2023 21 21
2022 5 13
2021 4 21
2020 16 25
2019 12 18
2018 1 14
2017 0 13
2016 2 17
2015 10 15
2014 11 7
2013 6 14
2012 6 15
2011 2 8
2010 0 7
2009 0 11
2008 0 14
2007 0 14
2006 0 1

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 Llanyblodwel flood history.

Nearby Stations

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Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Llanyblodwel
  • Watercourse: River Tanat
  • Nearest Town: Llanyblodwel
  • County: Shropshire
  • Coordinates: 52°47'40"N 3°6'37"W (52.794313, -3.110292)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 11 May 1973
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
  • Station Reference: 2038
  • EA Gauge ID: 2038-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 1 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Severn Uplands
  • Typical Range: 0.225 – 1.047 mASD
  • Drainage Area: 229 km² upstream of this gauge
  • Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 8 Sep (2 days behind — the EA publishes each day's mean a day or two after it ends; unchecked, provisional) via EA Hydrology
  • EA Cross-check: 0.21 mASD (EA at 10 Sep 07:15)
  • Flow Archive: National River Flow Archive ↗

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

🌊 Steep & flashy Steep catchment sheds rain quickly — expect fast, sharp rises after heavy rain.

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
0.48
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,386 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +9% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.1%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
79.32 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
110 m³/s
20 Jan 2021 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 6.8023.703.870.6085% (high)% of days exceeded95% (low)
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 9%Grassland 79%Arable 1%Heath/scrub 9%
Grassland 83% → 79% since 1990

Flow affected by: effluent returns, industrial / agricultural abstraction.

Photos

Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).

Photos © NRFA / UKCEH & the measuring authority — shown at web resolution. Full gallery on the NRFA ↗

About this gauge

Crump profile Flat V weir from 1992 that replaced velocity-area station with natural rock step control approximately 150m downstream of cableway.

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The catchment

High relief headwaters and broad bottomed valleys of moderate slope with Boulder Clay and fluvial gravel. Solid geology predominantly Ordovician slates and shales. Land use: moorland, forestry and pasture.

The station

From Feb 1992 Crump profile Flat V (1:20) weir, 12.4m wide, 0.72m high wing walls, replaced velocity area station with natural rock step control approx. 150m d/s of cableway. Gravel bed. Right bank floodplain approx. 50m wide, partially crossed by cableway.

How it measures flow

Cableway rated. Right bank floodplain approximately 50m wide, partially crossed by cableway. Two ratings applied across period of record, the most recent is valid from April 1992 when weir installed. Ratings fit well to corresponding gaugings post-1992. Theoretical rating on open channel pre-1992 means flows are highly uncertain, although fit to available gaugings in the peak flow range is within acceptable tolerances.

Flow regime

Sewage effluent has insignificant effect upon flow regime.

The flow record

Water year 1991/1992 rejected due to the true AMAX occurring during a missing period. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in August 2021 (WINFAP Files v10).

Descriptions from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH). NRFA station record ↗

Gauge Details

How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).

Gauge type
Flat-V weir
Operating since
1973
Station datum
77.0 mAOD
Flow record
1973–2024 · 51 yrs · 99% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1973
Hydrometric area
54
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Tanat at Llanyblodwel flooding today?

The current level is 0.21m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Llanyblodwel?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. 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 Tanat at Llanyblodwel?

The typical range at this station is 0.23m to 1.05m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.05m 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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