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Waterhouses water level

River gauge, River Hamps, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

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Right now

Normal for late October

Water level

0.22m Up 0.08 m over the last 24 hours

0 1 2 3 Highest onrecord 3.06 m Lowest on record 0.08 m

History

History
0.20.4mOct 14Oct 15Oct 17Oct 19Oct 21Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.20.4mOct 14Oct 17Oct 21Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.20.4mSep 21Sep 28Oct 6Oct 13Oct 21Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.20.4mSep 21Oct 6Oct 21Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.30.50.8mOct 2025Jan 2026Apr 2026Jul 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range0.30.50.8mOct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range
0.30.50.8mJanMarMayJulSepNov20260.30.50.8mJanAprJulOct2026

20252026

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

What this means

Water levels are unremarkable at Waterhouses, where the gauge shows 0.22 m.

The median for late October is 0.23 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.01 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.39 m, a difference of −0.17 m.

It is on the way up, by 0.08 m over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 0.10 m – 0.22 m.

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

Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date
0.23 m0.01 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date
0.15 m – 0.39 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
Normal range
0.12 m – 0.47 m
Same day last year
0.39 m−0.17 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days
0.10 m – 0.22 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months
0.09 m – 0.79 m
Highest on record
3.06 mAugust 10, 1971
Lowest on record
0.08 mJuly 27, 2006

For anglers and canoeists

This is an ordinary level for the river: most put-ins, beats and weirs behave as they usually do.

Many angling and canoe clubs check gauges like this one before heading out.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.2 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

20 Tue 11° 9° 11 mm, 100% Wind 17 km/h
21 Wed 10° 5° 29 mm, 92% Wind 40 km/h
22 Thu 10° 4° 3.5 mm, 53% Wind 22 km/h
23 Fri 11° 7° 30 mm, 98% Wind 37 km/h
24 Sat 12° 6° 13 mm, 88% Wind 36 km/h
25 Sun 11° 6° 3.5 mm, 69% Wind 39 km/h
26 Mon 16° 7° 6.0 mm, 58% Wind 33 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:45 AM Sunset 06:01 PM Daylight 10 hr, 16 min Waxing gibbous 73%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
IlamRiver gauge, River Manifold 0.13 m Normal +0.03 m 5.8 km
Izaak WaltonRiver gauge, River Dove 0.26 m Low +0.17 m 6.5 km
FroghallRiver gauge, River Churnet 0.35 m Normal +0.11 m 6.6 km
QuixhillRiver gauge, River Churnet 0.29 m Normal +0.04 m 8.2 km
MayfieldRiver gauge, River Dove 0.27 m Very low +0.03 m 9.5 km
Basford BridgeRiver gauge, River Churnet 0.31 m Normal +0.07 m 10 km
AshbourneRiver gauge, Henmore Brook 0.16 m Low +0.01 m 10 km
RocesterRiver gauge, River Dove 0.16 m Very low +0.01 m 11 km

Questions and answers

Is the River Hamps at Waterhouses higher than last year?

No, it is 0.17 m lower than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.39 m.

What is a normal level for the River Hamps at Waterhouses in late October?

The median for late October is 0.23 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.15 m and 0.39 m, based on 21 years of records.

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 0.22 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Waterhouses today?

On 21 Oct 2026, 02:45 BST, the water level was 0.22 m. Up 0.08 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Waterhouses rising or falling?

Up 0.08 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.05 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Waterhouses normal?

Normal for late October. Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Waterhouses?

The highest level on record is 3.06 m on August 10, 1971. The lowest is 0.08 m on July 27, 2006.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Environment Agency
Station code
ea:4041 (Agency page)
Coordinates
53.04899, -1.87912 (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 0.22 m 2026-10-21 01:45 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Waterhouses (ea:4041). Accessed October 21, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/staffordshire/waterhouses

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