Vale of White Horse catchment
• Bucklebury • West Berkshire • ID: 2150TH • Level
(31m ago) • 2 readings/hr • 135 views
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Current Level
0.082 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.087 mASD
24h Min
0.081 mASD
Typical Range
0.02 - 0.65
mASD
Highest Recorded
0.85 mASD
20 Jul 2007
Since Apr 1991
Current level is 10% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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1 day
Flood predictions aren't generated for
lock / structure gauges —
their levels are driven by gate operation,
not by catchment rainfall, so the forecast models would have no skill here.
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.
Downstream level
7 days
The level on the DOWNSTREAM side of this lock/weir structure — a separate EA
measure from the main (upstream) reading shown on the Current tab. Threshold bands
are computed from this gauge's own downstream history.
Long Term
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Consecutive rainy days0 → 10+
Days Above Normal
This year vs 5-year monthly range
Recent Readings
Falling · -0.4 cm over 10h
24 Aug 00:00▲ +0.1 cm0.082 mASD
23 Aug 23:30▼ -0.1 cm0.081 mASD
23 Aug 23:00▬ steady0.082 mASD
23 Aug 22:30▬ steady0.082 mASD
23 Aug 21:30▬ steady0.082 mASD
23 Aug 21:00▲ +0.1 cm0.082 mASD
23 Aug 20:30▼ -0.1 cm0.081 mASD
23 Aug 20:00▬ steady0.082 mASD
23 Aug 19:30▲ +0.1 cm0.082 mASD
23 Aug 19:00▼ -0.2 cm0.081 mASD
23 Aug 18:30▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 18:00▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 17:30▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 17:00▬ steady0.083 mASD
23 Aug 16:30▲ +0.1 cm0.083 mASD
23 Aug 16:00▼ -0.2 cm0.082 mASD
23 Aug 15:30▬ steady0.084 mASD
23 Aug 15:00▬ steady0.084 mASD
23 Aug 14:30▼ -0.2 cm0.084 mASD
23 Aug 14:000.086 mASD
Rainfall & Weather
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2011 for the 11 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.1 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 Bucklebury flood history.
Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.
Catchment Character
🌊 Groundwater-fedSlow and steady — fed largely by groundwater, so levels change gradually, not in sudden spikes.
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
0.81
groundwater-fed — slow & steady
Avg Annual Rainfall
748 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +6% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.8%
largely rural
Highest Recorded Flow
2.41 m³/s
28 Feb 2014
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 12%Grassland 22%Arable 63%Urban 3%
Grassland 26% → 22% since 1990
Photos
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Gauging station located in the mid reaches of the River Pang.
More detail
The catchment
A very rural and largely permeable (Chalk with modest Drift cover)) catchment with significant areas of woodland on the Tertiary outcrops.
The station
Flat V weir.
How it measures flow
All flows contained but weed growth causes drowning. Station monitored progress under alleviation of low flows programme (headwater abstractions impacted runoff but abstractions greatly reduced since 1992).
Flow regime
Flows affected by STW effluent and, rarely, by West Berkshire Groundwater Scheme.
The flow record
Flows adjusted (due to weed growth) but high submergence ratios limit accuracy (e.g. May/June 1995 when flows unreliable).
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Flat-V weir
Operating since
1991
Station datum
64.3 mAOD
Flow record
1991–2024 · 33 yrs · 92% complete
Hydrometric area
39
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
🚽 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Pang at Bucklebury flooding today?
The current level is 0.08m, which is within the typical range of 0.02 to 0.65m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Bucklebury?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. The chart above shows the last 7 days of measurements, updated roughly every 15 minutes.
What is a normal level for the River Pang at Bucklebury?
The typical range at this station is 0.02m to 0.65m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.65m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.
How often is this river level data updated?
Readings are taken by the Environment Agency gauge roughly every 15 minutes and FloodRadar refreshes its data continuously, so the level shown is normally less than an hour old.
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