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Current Level
0.484 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.487 mASD
24h Min
0.420 mASD
Typical Range
0.30 - 1.99
mASD
Highest Recorded
2.87 mASD
EA official record
A 3.40 reading (5 Dec 1960) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current level is 17% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
🌍 floodradar.co.uk
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.
19 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 2.8 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 19 report not discharging.
Severn Trent Water · into Bednall Brook · 5.5 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now
2 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 1.99 m
on about 8 days.
This year so far: 11 days.
202611 days, 2 of them high · 2 highso far
20256 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
202420 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
202313 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
20224 days
202110 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
202010 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
201912 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
20180 days
20170 days
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 2.26 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 14 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.5 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 Milford flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 14 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
0.52
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
754 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +2% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
7.2%
partly urbanised
Highest Daily Mean Flow
69.74 m³/s
7 Nov 2000 · 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.
Vertical-area station immediately downstream of Holdiford Road bridge.
More detail
The catchment
Low relief catchment, rural west, urbanised south and east. Geology: predominantly Keuper Marl in west, with Permian and Triassic sandstones in east. Appreciable Boulder Clay in south. Approx 15% of the catchment is urban with other landuse consisting of some mixed farming, light industry and some forestry.
The station
Vertical-area station; channel about 25m wide.
How it measures flow
Cableway spans 38m. Subject to severe weed growth (retrospective correction of rating made) and siltation; variable and imprecise low flows. Channel regraded 1964-7.
Flow regime
Flows significantly augmented from WRW (Cannock, Stafford).
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Sow at Milford flooding today?
The current level is 0.48m, which is within the typical range of 0.30 to 1.99m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Milford?
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 Sow at Milford?
The typical range at this station is 0.30m to 1.99m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.99m 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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