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Current Level
0.113 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.129 mASD
24h Min
0.113 mASD
Typical Range
0.12 - 0.47
mASD
Highest Recorded
3.06 mASD
EA official record
1.49 in our data (since Mar 1968)
Current level is 4% 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.
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.
1 storm overflow is traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 4.1 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 1 reports not discharging.
Severn Trent Water · into Ipstones Brook · 6.0 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
24 spills · 34 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
1 other overflow within 6 km is downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so it is 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 0.47 m
on about 38 days.
This year so far: 21 days.
202621 days, 2 of them high · 2 highso far
202526 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
202441 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
202349 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
202230 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
202145 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
202039 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
201949 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
201828 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
201734 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 0.96 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 8 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.1 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 Waterhouses flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 8 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 FlashyRain runs off fast — levels rise and fall sharply, often within hours of 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
0.30
flashy — rain runs off fast
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,104 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +4% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.5%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
26.50 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
18.60 m³/s
20 Oct 2023 · 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.
Flat vee weir. Poor approach to weir - rocks and shoal. Station closed 1982-2000.
How it measures flow
Mostly contained within bank except for Aug 1971 maximum. Two peaks flow ratings applied across period of record. ADCP gaugings carried out in village approx 300m upstream, off a farm bridge or by wading, due to the rocky nature of the channel immediately upstream and downstream of the weir. Gauging location needs to be confirmed due to variations in results, with salt dilution methods being considered.
Flow regime
Runoff increased by effluent returns. Natural to within 10% at the 95 percentile flow.
The flow record
Station closed 1982-2000. High flows in August 1971 missing from GDF record. 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 Hamps at Waterhouses flooding today?
The current level is 0.11m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Waterhouses?
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 Hamps at Waterhouses?
The typical range at this station is 0.12m to 0.47m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.47m 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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