Dove catchment
• Rolleston On Dove • Staffordshire • ID: 4018 • Level
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Current Level
0.480 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.490 mASD
24h Min
0.399 mASD
Typical Range
0.49 - 1.75
mASD
Highest Recorded
2.70 mASD
EA official record
A 3.61 reading (10 Dec 1965) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current level is 18% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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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 8 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.
50 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 2.2 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 50 report not discharging.
Severn Trent Water · into River Trent (Non-Tidal) · 5.1 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
69 spills · 637 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
4 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.
16 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 1.75 m
on about 5 days.
This year so far: 3 days.
20263 days so far
20255 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
20248 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
20239 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
20222 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
20215 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
20205 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
20196 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
20182 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 2.21 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 20 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.0 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 Rolleston On Dove flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 20 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
983 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +5% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
1.4%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
113 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
168 m³/s
6 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.
Velocity area station replaced in 1974 with flat V Crump profile weir.
More detail
The catchment
Middle and upper reaches drain over Carboniferous Limestone and Millstone Grit. Lower reaches broad and meandering. Below Rocester, Sherwood Sandstone and Mercia Mudstone dominate. Land use is predominantly pasture, forestry and mixed farming.
The station
Velocity area station up to 1974 (bankfull 3.0m), when a Flat V Crump profile weir was installed. Very wide floodplain. Cableway removed in 2014 - flow gaugings carried out just downstream of the road bridge, upstream of the main station building. Fish pass introduced in 2016.
How it measures flow
Site is prone to weed growth and not reliable at high flows as drowns out and has a very wide floodplain. Cableway 100 yards upstream, but river breaks out of bank upstream of cableway. Four peak flow ratings applied across period of record, the most recent is valid from November 2016 following fish pass installation. Ratings reviewed in 2023 where flows from 2016 were reprocessed. Double bank produces 2 break points on curve. Upper limb of current rating derived from hydraulic model. High flow gaugings have been taken at full range of flows up to 151m3/s and give a good confidence of using rating 9 at all in bank flows. Cableway measures in bank flows only and gaugings have never been taken on the floodplain or Tutbury Mill Fleam and so out of bank flows are not represented.
Flow regime
Storage in alluvium, terrace and fluvio-glacial gravel. Reservoirs in the catchment together with significant public water supply abstractions from surface water and/or ground water affect runoff. Moderately affected by imports.
The flow record
Small bypass (Tutbury Mill Fleam) included in naturalised flow series (<10% of flow at low flows, not as important at high flows). Levels thought to be overestimated between 31/05/1973 and 01/09/1973. 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 Dove at Marston on Dove flooding today?
The current level is 0.48m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Marston on Dove?
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 Dove at Marston on Dove?
The typical range at this station is 0.49m to 1.75m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.75m 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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27 Oct 2019 From Webcam, Stage = 2.64m
30 Sep 2019 Section, Stage = 1.93m
30 Sep 2019 View Downstream, Stage = 1.93m
30 Sep 2019 View Upstream, Stage = 1.93m
22 Nov 2016 Station at a stage of 1.55m from the left bank
22 Nov 2016 Station at a stage of 1.55m from the right bank
3 Nov 2016 Weir and Fishpass
Upstream section
View across weir at low flows
Looking upstream to station. Weir on the right, fish pass on the left.