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Current Level
0.221 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.221 mASD
24h Min
0.213 mASD
Typical Range
0.24 - 1.16
mASD
Highest Recorded
3.25 mASD
EA official record
3.11 in our data (since Jun 1972)
Current level is 7% 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.
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 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.
8 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 11.3 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 8 report not discharging.
Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of River Itchen · 5.2 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
12 spills · 66 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
2 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 →
In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 1.16 m
on about 39 days.
This year so far: 31 days.
202631 days, 4 of them high · 4 highso far
202527 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
202473 days, 21 of them high · 21 high
202347 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
202225 days
202136 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
202051 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
201945 days, 9 of them high · 9 high
201827 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
201720 days
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 2.19 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2011 for the 13 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.4 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 Eathorpe 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.
🌊 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
0.28
flashy — rain runs off fast
Avg Annual Rainfall
658 mm/yr
1991–2020 · -1% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
1.4%
largely rural
Highest Daily Mean Flow
79.14 m³/s
21 Jul 2007 · 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.
The flows here are dominated by the Draycote Reservoir and is an important flow forecasting site.
More detail
The catchment
Low relief catchment. Mercia Mudstone in the lower catchment is overlain by river terraces, otherwise Lower Lias clays and silts. The north has abundant glacial sands and gravels. Wholly rural apart from south Rugby. Mixed farming.
The station
Side-contracted central low flow flume, flanked by broad-crested weirs in a straight reach.
How it measures flow
Exceeds bankfull but not bypassed. Rated by model test and current meter. ADCP remote controlled gaugings typically carried out a few metres upstream of the flume.
Flow regime
Flashy response. Flow regime dominated by the operation of Draycote Reservoir via the Eathorpe intake approx. 100m u/s - abstraction and support. Important flow forecasting site.
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Leam at Eathorpe flooding today?
The current level is 0.22m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Eathorpe?
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 Leam at Eathorpe?
The typical range at this station is 0.24m to 1.16m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.16m 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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