Lune and Wyre catchment
• Sedbergh • Westmorland and Furness • ID: 723423 • Level
(7h ago) • 4 readings/hr • 135 views
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Last Level
1.512 m
⚠ 7h ago · may be out of date
24h Max
1.855 m
24h Min
0.831 m
Typical Range
0.37 - 1.56
m
Highest Recorded
3.84 m
EA official record
3.91 in our data (since Nov 2012)
Current level is 39% 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 7 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.
4 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 1.3 km away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 4 report not discharging.
United Utilities · into Trib River Dee · 9.2 km upstream along the river
126 spills · 319 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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 1.56 m
on about 42 days.
This year so far: 24 days.
202624 days, 2 of them high · 2 highso far
202548 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
202443 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
202342 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
202232 days
202137 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
202060 days, 9 of them high · 9 high
201937 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
201833 days
201742 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 2.74 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 2.7 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 Sedbergh 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.
🌊 Steep & flashySteep catchment sheds rain quickly — expect fast, sharp rises after 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
0.35
flashy — rain runs off fast
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,885 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +11% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.3%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
311 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Daily Mean Flow
407 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.
Land Cover (2023)
Woodland 4%Grassland 86%Heath/scrub 9%
Grassland 81% → 86% since 1990
Photos
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Velocity area station draining catchment with natural flow regime. Low flows can be affected by stilling well siltation.
More detail
The catchment
High relief moorland catchment draining Carboniferous Limestone and Millstone Grit. Peat on highest moors, Boulder Clay on lower slopes and in valleys. No significant changes.
The station
Velocity area station in natural channel, approx 30m wide, opened 1967.
How it measures flow
Limestone outcrop 10m downstream forms the bed control. No bypassing - all flows contained until at least 6m. Stilling well experiences siltation problems, giving flat-bottomed recessions. A cableway 50m upstream was removed during September 1975. One peak flow rating, with modelled top end, applied across period of record. Flood Studies Report grade B.
Flow regime
Steep, upland catchment results in very responsive flows. Predominantly natural flow regime.
The flow record
Early daily flow record contains some gaps. WY1980/1981 rejected due to substanital under-estimation of the true AMAX. Flows between September 2009 and April 2011 elevated by tree root trapped in natural bed control and should be treated with caution. Low data was suspended due to access to the station and channel being red carded, therefore no gaugings were undertaken to confirm rated flows. Rating curve has now been reactivated and flow data is being produced. First QA in 2018 identified stilling pipe blockage due to siltation that needed to be cleared. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2022 (WINFAP Files v11).
Timing, not cause. Gauges can move together simply because the same rain fell on both.
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Rawthey at Brigflats flooding today?
The current level is 1.51m, which is within the typical range of 0.37 to 1.56m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Brigflats?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling. 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 Rawthey at Brigflats?
The typical range at this station is 0.37m to 1.56m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.56m 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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