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Current Level
0.083 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.086 mASD
24h Min
0.083 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 3% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. Shown with its calibrated 10–90% confidence band. Under evaluation —
not yet promoted, so treat as a second opinion.
Long Term
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Consecutive rainy days0 → 10+
Days Above Normal
This year vs 5-year monthly range
Recent Readings
Steady over 6h
23 Aug 23:30▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 23:15▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 23:00▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 22:45▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 21:30▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 21:15▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 21:00▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 20:45▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 20:30▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 20:15▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 20:00▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 19:45▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 19:30▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 19:15▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 19:00▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 18:45▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 18:30▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 18:15▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 18:00▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 17:450.083 mASD
Rainfall & Weather
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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.
Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.
Catchment Character
🌊 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 Recorded Flow
18.60 m³/s
20 Oct 2023
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).
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Flat-V weir
Operating since
1968
Station datum
210.2 mAOD
Flow record
1968–2024 · 56 yrs · 69% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1968
Hydrometric area
28
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
🚽 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Hamps at Waterhouses flooding today?
The current level is 0.08m, 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 7 days of measurements, 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 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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📮 Flood risk by postcode near this gauge
Postcodes within 5 km with properties in the Environment Agency’s rivers-and-sea flood-risk bands:
