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Current Level
0.206 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.244 m
24h Min
0.201 m
Typical Range
0.18 - 1.00
m
Highest Recorded
1.74 m
EA official record
A 2.03 reading (3 Jan 1982) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current level is 12% 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.
13 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 1.0 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 11 report not discharging, and for 2 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.
Northumbrian Water · into Trib Rowletch Burn · 3.7 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
4 spills · 1 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
75 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.
11 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 Lamesley flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 13 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 Fairly flashyResponds fairly quickly to rain, with moderate baseflow between events.
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
0.37
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
754 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +7% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
14%
partly urbanised
Median Annual Flood
12.30 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
16.30 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.
Land Cover (2023)
Woodland 13%Grassland 41%Arable 22%Urban 23%
Arable 37% → 22% since 1990
Flow affected by: effluent returns.
Photos
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Velocity area station with ultrasonics installed June 1999 to April 2005. Early POT and AMAX data recorded at Walter Wilson site in Team Valley Trading Estate.
More detail
The catchment
A primarily rural catchment on the SW edge of Gateshead, on moderate permeability bedrock overlain with extensive boulder clay and some alluvium. Land use is mixed agriculture with extensive urbanised areas, industry and former coal mines in lower catchment. No known catchment changes.
The station
Velocity area station in culverted section below road bridge, low flow control is the concrete invert of the culvert. Ultrasonics installed June 1999 and deactivated in April 2005. Peak flows only are provided for 1975 to 1988, recorded at Walter Wilson in Team Valley Trading Estate in straight, engineered section with clay banks and silty bed. Control was channel structures d/s of A692 bridge and pipe crossing. Construction of the 1990 Gateshead Garden Festival site lowered the bed level, exposing the inlet pipe, and the station was temporarily closed.
How it measures flow
Low flow control exercised by pre-existing weir. Uncertainties in the peak level recorded in the June 2012 event led to a survey of the site to establish when overtopping into adjacent field occurs, as the highest peak levels are all very similar at around 1.3m. Ultrasonic installation providing full calibration in 1998 (deactivated April 2005). Two peak flow ratings applied across period of record at current site in April 2004, based upon ultrasonic data. Analysis of uncertainties in the ultrasonic rating calculation suggests the lower and upper bounds for QMAX are -10% and +8% at this site. Previous peak flow rating was theoretical supplemented by current meter gaugings.
Flow regime
Sewage effluent and pumped minewaters enter the watercourse approximately 2km upstream of the station and affect the very responsive regime.
The flow record
Missing AMAX data for 1990 due to construction of Gateshead Garden Festival Site. Daily flows for period of record reprocessed in 2002. Dropouts throughout the period of record (for example, in April, July, Sept-Nov 2014, July 2015, Sept 2019, March & Sept 2020) thought to be caused by reductions in minewater pumping at Kibblesworth (1 mile upstream). Low confidence in flows between June and Sept 1986. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2022 (WINFAP Files v11).
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Team at Team Valley flooding today?
The current level is 0.21m, which is within the typical range of 0.18 to 1.00m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Team Valley?
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 Team at Team Valley?
The typical range at this station is 0.18m to 1.00m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.00m 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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