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Current Level
0.079 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.102 m
24h Min
0.079 m
Typical Range
0.05 - 0.80
m
Highest Recorded
1.61 m
30 Jul 2002
Since Jun 1991
Current level is 5% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. Shown with its calibrated 10–90% confidence band. 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.
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
🌊 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
0.23
flashy — rain runs off fast
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,893 mm/yr
1991–2020 · -7% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.0%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
15.20 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Recorded Flow
28.00 m³/s
25 Mar 1979
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)
Grassland 1%Heath/scrub 99%
Heath/scrub 89% → 99% since 1990
Photos
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Compound crump weir. Closed in 1980 but re-opened in 1991 as part of a global environmental research initiative.
More detail
The catchment
Small, relatively remote, upland catchment located in a nature reserve in upper Teesdale. Former lead mining area with hushing (channnels created by deliberate dam burst) in upper catchment. Part of National Nature Reserve managed by English Nature. Catchment is almost entirely covered by peaty moorland, developed mainly on Carboniferous Limestone. No known catchment changes.
The station
Three Crump-profile crests (1:2, 1:5 slopes), totalling 12.8 m wide, with central low flow crest of 1.5 m; no cableway. River ice above weir may affect rating in winter, and in severe winters may freeze in well giving a flat float trace (e.g. 1963, 1979). Inaccessible in severe winters (e.g. 1979). Dividing piers added, creating flanking weirs, and abutment walls altered to alleviate shoaling problem by narrowing channel, in 1962. Closed in 1980 but recommissioned 1991 for global environmental research initiative. Data presented for the present structure, from water year 1962/63.
How it measures flow
U/s shoaling and low winter temperatures affected precision of flows. Two peak flow ratings applied across period of record, valid until station closure in 1980, and after recommissioning in 1991, respectively.
Flow regime
Responsive natural regime. No known artificial influences.
The flow record
Severe winters in 1963 and 1979 caused the river to freeze resulting in a flat float trace. Missing data 19/08/2001-09/11/2001 due to lack of access due to foot and mouth disease, logger data overwritten and lost as a result of the rolling memory. Missing data 07-21/01/2003 due to telemetry issues. Missing data 24/07/2003-31/31/08/2003 due to site refurbishment works. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in August 2024 (WINFAP Files v13).
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Gauging structure
Operating since
1957
Station datum
533.0 mAOD
Flow record
1957–2024 · 67 yrs · 83% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1957
Hydrometric area
25
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
🚽 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the Trout Beck at Moorhouse flooding today?
The current level is 0.08m, which is within the typical range of 0.05 to 0.80m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Moorhouse?
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 Trout Beck at Moorhouse?
The typical range at this station is 0.05m to 0.80m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.80m 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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