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Current Level
0.037 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.051 mASD
24h Min
0.024 mASD
Typical Range
0.03 - 1.25
mASD
Highest Recorded
1.71 mASD
EA official record
1.57 in our data (since Nov 2012)
Current level is 2% of this
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Recent Water Levels
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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.
Long Term
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Consecutive rainy days0 → 10+
Days Above Normal
This year vs 5-year monthly range
Recent Readings
Falling · -0.2 cm over 5h
10 Sep 07:15▬ steady0.037 mASD
10 Sep 07:00▬ steady0.037 mASD
10 Sep 06:45▬ steady0.037 mASD
10 Sep 06:30▼ -0.1 cm0.037 mASD
10 Sep 06:15▬ steady0.038 mASD
10 Sep 06:00▬ steady0.038 mASD
10 Sep 05:45▬ steady0.038 mASD
10 Sep 05:35▬ steady0.038 mASD
10 Sep 05:15▬ steady0.038 mASD
10 Sep 05:00▬ steady0.038 mASD
10 Sep 04:45▬ steady0.038 mASD
10 Sep 04:30▬ steady0.038 mASD
10 Sep 04:15▬ steady0.038 mASD
10 Sep 04:00▬ steady0.038 mASD
10 Sep 03:45▼ -0.1 cm0.038 mASD
10 Sep 03:30▬ steady0.039 mASD
10 Sep 03:15▬ steady0.039 mASD
10 Sep 03:00▬ steady0.039 mASD
10 Sep 02:45▬ steady0.039 mASD
10 Sep 02:350.039 mASD
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2007 for the 5 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.3 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 Dodford flood history.
Flow Data: Daily mean flow (m³/s) to 8 Sep (2 days behind — the EA publishes each day's mean a day or two after it ends; unchecked, provisional)via EA Hydrology
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
🌊 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
0.46
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
682 mm/yr
1991–2020 · -1% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
4.1%
partly urbanised
Median Annual Flood
9.83 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
10.00 m³/s
11 Jul 1968 · 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.
Gauging a catchment with mixed geology, predominantly rural land use, and with some significant artificial influences.
More detail
The catchment
Mostly clay with nearly half of the catchment covered with superficial deposits (Boulder Clay, glacial sand and gravel in lower valley). Predominantly rural with mixed farming but some urban areas present, especially in W. Daventry and Drayton reservoirs in catchment (8.65 sq.km), built in 1804. Motorways (M1, M45) cross the catchment.
The station
Crump profile weir with 2.667m crest replaced broad-crested weir with low flow notch in 1967.
How it measures flow
Weir theoretically calibrated, but bypassing begins at 7 cumecs (1.038m). Weir can drown at high flows, floodplain flow is considerable once the river is out of bank, so flows are significantly underestimated from about 1.1m stage. Two ratings applied across period of record, the most recent is valid from Dec 1966 when weir was replaced. No allowances for out of bank flow, thus ratings unreliable above 1.45m pre-1966 and 1.4m post-1966. Scatter in gaugings above 0.3m. High flows measured 2km upstream at Flore Hill.
Flow regime
Reservoirs and abstractions affect regime, and low flows influenced by returns from STW. Abstraction for supply to Grand Union Canal.
The flow record
Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2020 (WINFAP Files v9).
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Crump weir
Operating since
1945
Station datum
79.2 mAOD
Flow record
1945–2024 · 79 yrs · 99% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1945
Hydrometric area
32
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
💧 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Nene at Dodford flooding today?
The current level is 0.04m, which is within the typical range of 0.03 to 1.25m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Dodford?
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 Nene at Dodford?
The typical range at this station is 0.03m to 1.25m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.25m 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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