The official "typical high" for this gauge is routinely exceeded (often the case on
regulated rivers), so FloodRadar uses a threshold computed from this station's own data.
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Current Level
0.254 mASD
▼ Easing
24h Max
0.325 mASD
24h Min
0.215 mASD
Typical Range
0.17 - 1.69
mASD
Highest Recorded
2.36 mASD
EA official record
2.36 in our data (since Jan 1987)
Current level is 11% of this
Current Flow
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🚽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.
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.
Crudgington FLOW (2170a) — flow at this site
7 days
A separate gauge 7 m from this one at the same site, shown here for context.
Its readings are its own and are never merged with this page's.
Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 6 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.
1 storm overflow is traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 10.3 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 1 reports not discharging.
Severn Trent Water · into Trib Of River Roden · 4.8 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
4 spills · 27 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
6 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 →
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 Crudgington flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. This is the area 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
0.63
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
695 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +2% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
9.4%
partly urbanised
Highest Daily Mean Flow
6.04 m³/s
10 Jan 1991 · 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.
An electromagnetic gauge station which does suffer from modification due to water reclamation work.
More detail
The catchment
Very flat catchment draining Weald Moors. Headwaters dominated by argillaceous Carboniferous rocks. Lower reaches mostly Permian Sandstone overlain by mixed superficial deposits. Urban areas include Newport and the northern part of Telford.
The station
Electromagnetic gauge, using a bubbler device for level measurement, in trapezoidal channel.
How it measures flow
Very low velocities experienced. Replaced poor weed-affected open channel site in 1981.
Flow regime
Substantial modification to flow regime from WRW discharges.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Electromagnetic
Operating since
1982–2009
Station datum
50.0 mAOD
Flow record
1982–2009 · 27 yrs · 92% complete
Hydrometric area
54
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Strine at Crudgington flooding today?
The current level is 0.25m, which is within the typical range of 0.17 to 1.69m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Crudgington?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling slightly. 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 Strine at Crudgington?
The typical range at this station is 0.17m to 1.69m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.69m 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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