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Stareton

Avon
Warwickshire Avon catchment • Stareton • Warwickshire • ID: 2019 • Level
(44m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 201 views

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Current Level
0.149 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.156 mASD
24h Min
0.129 mASD
Typical Range
0.11 - 1.95
mASD
Highest Recorded
2.70 mASD
EA official record
2.62 in our data (since Sep 1962)
Current level is 6% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Falling · -0.5 cm over 5h
08 Oct 03:30 ▬ steady 0.149 mASD
08 Oct 03:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.149 mASD
08 Oct 03:00 ▬ steady 0.150 mASD
08 Oct 02:45 ▬ steady 0.150 mASD
08 Oct 02:30 ▬ steady 0.150 mASD
08 Oct 02:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.150 mASD
08 Oct 02:00 ▬ steady 0.151 mASD
08 Oct 01:45 ▬ steady 0.151 mASD
08 Oct 01:30 ▬ steady 0.151 mASD
08 Oct 01:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.151 mASD
08 Oct 01:00 ▬ steady 0.152 mASD
08 Oct 00:45 ▬ steady 0.152 mASD
08 Oct 00:30 ▬ steady 0.152 mASD
08 Oct 00:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.152 mASD
08 Oct 00:00 ▬ steady 0.153 mASD
07 Oct 23:45 ▬ steady 0.153 mASD
07 Oct 23:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.153 mASD
07 Oct 23:15 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.154 mASD
07 Oct 23:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.153 mASD
07 Oct 22:45 0.154 mASD

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Stareton
  • Watercourse: River Avon
  • Nearest Town: Stareton
  • County: Warwickshire
  • Nearest reservoir: Draycote (12.6 km) · 70.8% full (as of 5 Oct 2026)
  • Coordinates: 52°20'27"N 1°30'46"W (52.340881, -1.512833)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 26 Sep 1962
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: 2019
  • RLOI id: 9072 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: 2019-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 1 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Warwickshire Avon
  • Typical Range: 0.105 – 1.950 mASD
  • Drainage Area: 347 km² upstream of this gauge
  • 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
  • EA Cross-check: 0.15 mASD (EA at 8 Oct 03:30)
  • Flow Archive: National River Flow Archive ↗

Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

Nearby Stations

Gauges connected to this river, and others nearby. A distance “by river” follows the river on the map; any other is in a straight line.

Connected upstream

Connected downstream

Same river system, separate branch

Distances by river: OS Open Rivers. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

💧 Storm overflows upstream of this gauge

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.

16 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 2.2 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 16 report not discharging.

💧
Severn Trent Water · into River Avon · 2.2 km upstream along the river
28 spills · 400 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Severn Trent Water · into Tributary Of River Avon · 11.3 km upstream along the river
8 spills · 29 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Severn Trent Water · into River Avon · 21.2 km upstream along the river
4 spills · 52 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Severn Trent Water · into River Avon & Long Lawford Brk · 26.0 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now
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Severn Trent Water · into The River Avon · 30.8 km upstream along the river
17 spills · 138 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Severn Trent Water · into The River Avon · 30.8 km upstream along the river
1 spill · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Severn Trent Water · into River Avon · 31.5 km upstream along the river
6 spills · 56 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Severn Trent Water · into River Avon · 32.3 km upstream along the river
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now

8 more further upstream, up to 55.4 km away along the river.

Nearby, connection not known

Within 6 km in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water passes this gauge.

💧
Severn Trent Water · into Pingle Brook · 3.8 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
15 spills · 90 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

7 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 →

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Rainfall & Weather

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How often this river runs high

In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 1.95 m on about 1 day. This year so far: 0 days.

2026 0 days so far
2025 1 day
2024 3 days
2023 0 days
2022 0 days
2021 0 days
2020 1 day
2019 1 day
2018 0 days
2017 0 days

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2011 for the 24 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 2.4 km away).

204flood warnings 63flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 28 Aug 2026 — Tanyard Stream at Kenilworth

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 9 8
2025 13 6
2024 42 11
2023 16 7
2022 0 2
2021 6 5
2020 15 6
2019 17 9
2018 1 3
2017 0 1
2016 11 4
2014 8 1
2013 15 0
2012 46 0
2011 5 0

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 Stareton flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 24 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

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Catchment Character

🌊 Fairly flashy Responds 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
0.42
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
690 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +0% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
4.6%
partly urbanised
Median Annual Flood
29.95 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
63.46 m³/s
3 Jan 2024 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
Flow-Duration Curve
mean 2.619.021.350.4995% (high)% of days exceeded95% (low)
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 4%Grassland 44%Arable 38%Urban 13%Other 1%
Grassland 48% → 44% since 1990

Flow affected by: surface-water abstraction, effluent returns, industrial / agricultural abstraction.

Photos

Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).

Photos © NRFA / UKCEH & the measuring authority — shown at web resolution. Full gallery on the NRFA ↗

About this gauge

Crump profile weir with crest tapping, with moderate influence from abstractions and returns. The highest floods overtop the right bank and follow the old river channel.

More detail

The catchment

Geology: from Upper Lias in the headwaters through Middle and Lower Lias with Mercia Mudstones and Triassic Sandstones in the lower reaches. Extensive covering of superficial deposits. Predominantly agricultural, low relief catchment, containing Rugby.

The station

Crump profile weir, 7.3m wide with crest tapping.

How it measures flow

Three ratings across the period of record. ADCP gaugings typically undertaken just upstream of the weir.

Flow regime

Early record to 1971 had Coventry sewage outfall diverted through station. Augmentation by groundwater pumping and surface transfers. Moderate influence from abstractions and returns.

The flow record

Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2020 (WINFAP Files v9).

Descriptions from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH). NRFA station record ↗

Gauge Details

How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).

Gauge type
Crump weir
Operating since
1962
Station datum
54.7 mAOD
Flow record
1962–2024 · 62 yrs · 100% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1962
Hydrometric area
54
Measured by
Environment Agency

Frequently asked questions

Is the River Avon at Stareton flooding today?

The current level is 0.15m, which is within the typical range of 0.11 to 1.95m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Stareton?

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 Avon at Stareton?

The typical range at this station is 0.11m to 1.95m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.95m 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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