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1.07

Fishlake

Don 🌊 Tidal
Don and Rother catchment • Fishlake • South Yorkshire • ID: L0903 • Level
This gauge is tidally influenced — levels rise and fall with each tide, so rapid changes here are normal and don't necessarily indicate flooding.
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Current Level
1.067 mAOD
▼ Falling (-10cm/hr)
24h Max
1.786 mAOD
24h Min
0.998 mAOD
Typical Range
1.45 - 6.10
mAOD
Highest Recorded
6.95 mAOD
EA official record
6.94 in our data (since Jan 2009)
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Recent Water Levels

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Flood predictions aren't generated for tidal gauges — their levels are driven by the tide, not by catchment rainfall, so the forecast models would have no skill here.

Recent Readings

Falling · -57 cm over 6h
23 Aug 23:00 ▼ -3 cm 1.067 mAOD
23 Aug 22:45 ▼ -3 cm 1.093 mAOD
23 Aug 22:30 ▼ -14 cm 1.118 mAOD
23 Aug 21:15 ▼ -3 cm 1.261 mAOD
23 Aug 21:00 ▼ -3 cm 1.291 mAOD
23 Aug 20:45 ▼ -3 cm 1.323 mAOD
23 Aug 20:30 ▼ -4 cm 1.355 mAOD
23 Aug 20:15 ▼ -3 cm 1.391 mAOD
23 Aug 20:00 ▼ -4 cm 1.426 mAOD
23 Aug 19:45 ▼ -4 cm 1.463 mAOD
23 Aug 19:30 ▼ -4 cm 1.500 mAOD
23 Aug 19:15 ▼ -4 cm 1.537 mAOD
23 Aug 19:00 ▼ -4 cm 1.573 mAOD
23 Aug 18:45 ▼ -3 cm 1.608 mAOD
23 Aug 18:30 ▼ -4 cm 1.636 mAOD
23 Aug 18:15 ▼▼ -6 cm 1.679 mAOD
23 Aug 18:00 ▼ -0.4 cm 1.741 mAOD
23 Aug 17:45 ▲ +4 cm 1.745 mAOD
23 Aug 17:30 ▲▲ +7 cm 1.705 mAOD
23 Aug 17:15 1.639 mAOD

Rainfall & Weather

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2012 for the 21 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.4 km away).

5severe warnings 66flood warnings 55flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 23 Jan 2026River Don at Fishlake

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 1 3
2025 0 4 3
2024 0 5 7
2023 0 8 5
2022 0 6 2
2021 0 0 5
2020 0 6 7
2019 5 33 4
2018 0 0 6
2016 0 0 5
2015 0 0 1
2013 0 0 1
2012 0 3 6

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 Fishlake flood history.

Nearby Stations

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Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Fishlake
  • Watercourse: River Don
  • Nearest Town: Fishlake
  • County: South Yorkshire
  • Coordinates: 53°36'50"N 0°59'26"W (53.613940, -0.990666)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 28 Jan 2009
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
  • Station Reference: L0903
  • EA Gauge ID: L0903-level-stage-i-15_min-mAOD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mAOD
  • Typical rise rate: 80 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: 🌊 Yes — levels follow the tide
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Don and Rother
  • Typical Range: 1.451 – 6.100 mAOD
  • EA Cross-check: 1.07 mAOD (EA at 23 Aug 23:00)

Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Don at Fishlake flooding today?

The current level is 1.07m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Fishlake?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling. The chart above shows the last 7 days of measurements, updated roughly every 15 minutes.

Why is the level slowly falling?

When little or no rain has fallen for a while, a river level gradually drops as the water stored in the ground and soil drains away with nothing to replace it. This is called baseflow recession and is normal in dry spells. Only about 0.0mm of rain has fallen nearby in the last 7 days, so the flow is being sustained mainly by groundwater. A gentle decline like this is expected and is not a sign of a problem — downstream gauges often recede a little faster than headwaters further upstream, and levels recover once rain returns.

What is a normal level for the River Don at Fishlake?

The typical range at this station is 1.45m to 6.10m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 6.10m 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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