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 →
🌊 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
Frequently asked questions
Is Crudgington FLOW flooding today?
The latest recorded level is 0.22m. Compare it with the recent history on the chart above to judge whether levels are unusually high.
Is the river level rising or falling at Crudgington FLOW?
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.
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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📮 Flood risk by postcode near this gauge
Postcodes within 5 km with properties in the Environment Agency’s rivers-and-sea flood-risk bands: