Eden and Esk catchment
• Great Musgrave • Westmorland and Furness • ID: 760112 • Level
(33m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 135 views
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Current Level
0.418 m
▼ Easing
24h Max
0.631 m
24h Min
0.413 m
Typical Range
0.14 - 1.39
m
Highest Recorded
3.20 m
EA official record
3.19 in our data (since Aug 2000)
Current level is 13% 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.
8 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 3.0 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 8 report not discharging.
United Utilities · into River Eden · 9.1 km upstream along the river
16 spills · 116 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
4 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 1.39 m
on about 6 days.
This year so far: 2 days.
20262 days, 2 of them high · 2 highso far
20256 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
20247 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
20238 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
20222 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
20214 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
202013 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
20197 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
20181 day, 1 of them high · 1 high
20173 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 1.78 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2006 for the 1 flood
area linked to this gauge (nearest 7.0 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 Great Musgrave flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. This is the area 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
0.44
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,372 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +4% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.4%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
184 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
286 m³/s
5 Dec 2015 · 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.
Velocity area station with non-standard shallow V weir. Gauges a steep, natural catchment.
More detail
The catchment
Steep catchment, combined with local limestone gives a very rapidly rising stage. No known catchment changes.
The station
Velocity area station with non-standard shallow V weir, 30m across constructed July 2000.
How it measures flow
Originally, an island 15m upstream of the weir caused slack water on the left bank, and then slowly encroached onto the weir; improvements have been made. The far bank suffers from vegetation which needs clearing to aid high flow gaugings. In spite of this, generally a good station, and gaugings by cableway extend to high flows with little scatter. Three peak flow ratings across period of record, good fit to gaugings across stage range.
Flow regime
No artificial influences known.
The flow record
Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2019 (WINFAP Files v8).
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Eden at Great Musgrave Bridge flooding today?
The current level is 0.42m, which is within the typical range of 0.14 to 1.39m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Great Musgrave Bridge?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling slightly. 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 Eden at Great Musgrave Bridge?
The typical range at this station is 0.14m to 1.39m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.39m 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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