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Current Level
0.085 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.085 mASD
24h Min
0.073 mASD
Typical Range
0.07 - 2.16
mASD
Highest Recorded
4.45 mASD
EA official record
4.20 in our data (since Nov 2012)
Current level is 2% 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.
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 6 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.
4 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 7.3 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 4 report not discharging.
Wessex Water · into River Cam · 5.9 km away in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map
44 spills · 335 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
4 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 2.16 m
on about 7 days.
This year so far: 3 days.
20263 days, 1 of them high · 1 highso far
20259 days, 8 of them high · 8 high
202411 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
202314 days, 10 of them high · 10 high
20222 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
20214 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
20209 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
20198 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
20186 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
20172 days
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 2.52 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 4.1 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 Lovington 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.
🌊 Mixed responseA balance of quick runoff and slower groundwater baseflow.
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
0.53
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
915 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +4% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
1.1%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
37.57 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
45.50 m³/s
30 May 1979 · 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.
Land Cover (2023)
Woodland 6%Grassland 79%Arable 12%Urban 4%
Grassland 87% → 79% since 1990
Flow affected by: surface-water abstraction.
Photos
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Crump profile weir for low flows and rated section. Bruton Dam flood storage reservoir was built in catchment in 1983 after extensive flooding in the town.
More detail
The catchment
Headwaters fed by Mendip and Salisbury Plain springs. Geology comprises Oxford Clay and Great Oolite in the upper catchment and Yeovil Sands and Inferior Oolite in the lower-catchment. Land use is predominantly rural with very little urbanisation.
The station
Station is located west of Lovington and was opened in 1964. Crump profile weir for low flows, crest 6.71m broad, then rated section for flows > 2.2 cumecs.
How it measures flow
Downstream summer weed growth affects the stability of the stage-discharge relationship. Issues with gravel accumulation u/s. Section is deep and contains all but extreme peaks. Lower section is rating for theoretical weir; reliable extension of rating to bankfull (3.9m stage) but no data to allow extension beyond this, although all but extreme peaks contained in deep section. Station rebuilt in 1998, no alteration to the section adjacent to the weir. Rating reviewed in 01/2001. One rating applied across period of record. Reliable extension of rating to bankfull but no data to allow extension beyond this. Reasonable fit to gaugings. POR maximum flow of 142 cumecs in 05/1979 is derived from the latest rating, but subject to considerable uncertainty owing to extrapolation.
Flow regime
Natural regime. Bruton Dam flood storage reservoir was built in 1983 after extensive flooding in the town in 1968, 1979 and 1982. It drains 21% of the catchment, much of it being the more upland and fast-responding areas.
The flow record
No daily mean flows between 27/7/98 and 1/11/98. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2019 (WINFAP Files v8).
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Brue at Lovington flooding today?
The current level is 0.09m, which is within the typical range of 0.07 to 2.16m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Lovington?
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 Brue at Lovington?
The typical range at this station is 0.07m to 2.16m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 2.16m 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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📮 Flood risk by postcode near this gauge
Postcodes within 5 km with properties in the Environment Agency’s rivers-and-sea flood-risk bands: