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Scotter water level

River gauge, River Eau, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

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Right now

Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

0.03m Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

0 1 2 3 Highest onrecord 2.82 m Lowest on record 0.08 m

History

History
-0.000.050.100.15mOct 12Oct 14Oct 15Oct 17Oct 19Bottom of normal range-0.000.050.100.15mOct 12Oct 15Oct 19Bottom of normal range
-0.000.050.100.15mSep 19Sep 26Oct 4Oct 11Oct 19Bottom of normal range-0.000.050.100.15mSep 19Oct 4Oct 19Bottom of normal range
-01mOct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range-01mOct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
-0.00.51.01.5mJanMarMayJulSepNov2026-0.00.51.01.5mJanAprJulOct2026

20252026

Water level Normal range (10–90 %) Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.03 m, the River Eau at Scotter is at a record low.

It has now dropped past the published record low of 0.08 m (June 12, 2011). The median for mid-October is 0.05 m, based on 16 years of readings, so the river level is 0.02 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.02 m, a difference of +0.01 m.

The water is rising: up 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.01 m and 0.04 m.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date
0.05 m0.02 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.02 m – 0.17 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (16 years of records)
Normal range
0.09 m – 1.75 m
Same day last year
0.02 m+0.01 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.01 m – 0.04 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.00 m – 1.43 m
Highest on record
2.82 mNovember 8, 2019
Lowest on record
0.08 mJune 12, 2011
Lowest on record
0.06 m below the lowest level on record

On the river at Scotter

Low, clear water makes fish wary, and anglers often do better early and late in the day. For canoeists, shallow riffles mean scraped hulls and the odd portage.

Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 5.0 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

19 Mon 14° 10° 7.5 mm, 100% Wind 22 km/h
20 Tue 13° 11° 9.3 mm, 82% Wind 16 km/h
21 Wed 13° 8° 3.9 mm, 75% Wind 19 km/h
22 Thu 11° 5° 0.8 mm, 53% Wind 17 km/h
23 Fri 13° 8° 14 mm, 71% Wind 31 km/h
24 Sat 11° 8° 1.8 mm, 53% Wind 28 km/h
25 Sun 17° 9° 0.8 mm, 47% Wind 30 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:37 AM Sunset 05:59 PM Daylight 10 hr, 22 min First quarter 56%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
KeadbyTidal gauge, River Trent −0.10 m No reference yet +0.55 m 11 km
BriggRiver gauge, River Ancholme 1.14 m Normal −0.02 m 12 km
Brandy WharfRiver gauge, River Ancholme 0.40 m Normal −0.04 m 13 km
Brandy Wharf R Ancholme GSRiver gauge 1.14 m No reference yet −0.03 m 13 km
GainsboroughRiver gauge, River Trent 1.16 m Normal +0.13 m 14 km
BishopbridgeRiver gauge, River Rase 0.15 m Normal −0.02 m 18 km
Squires BridgeRiver gauge, River Till 0.89 m Normal −0.01 m 19 km
MatterseyRiver gauge, River Idle 0.87 m Normal ±0 23 km

Questions and answers

Is the River Eau at Scotter higher than last year?

Yes, it is 0.01 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.02 m.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 0.03 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Scotter today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 06:30 BST, the water level was 0.03 m. Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Scotter rising or falling?

Up 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.01 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Scotter normal?

Lower than ever recorded here. Compared with the highest and lowest levels the agency has recorded at this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Scotter?

The highest level on record is 2.82 m on November 8, 2019. The lowest is 0.08 m on June 12, 2011.

How often is this data updated?

The Environment Agency publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Environment Agency
Station code
ea:4064 (Agency page)
Coordinates
53.49849, -0.66431 (WGS84)
Vertical datum
station datum
Update interval
every 15 minutes
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Environment Agency data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Published series

ParameterLast valueTime (UTC)Quality
Water level 0.03 m 2026-10-19 05:30 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Scotter (ea:4064). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/lincolnshire/scotter

How we check values

Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.