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Occombe Valley Road water level

River gauge, Occombe Brook, Devon, United Kingdom

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Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

0.03m Steady over the last 24 hours

0.1 0.2 Highest onrecord 0.24 m Lowest on record 0.04 m

History

0.020.020.020.03mOct 16Oct 16Oct 16Oct 16Oct 170.020.020.020.03mOct 16Oct 16Oct 17
Water level

What this means

At 0.03 m, Occombe Brook at Occombe Valley Road is at a record low.

It has now dropped past the published record low of 0.04 m (May 11, 2026).

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.02 m and 0.03 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

Highest on record
0.24 mFebruary 18, 2026
Lowest on record
0.04 mMay 11, 2026
Lowest on record
0.02 m below the lowest level on record

On the river at Occombe Valley Road

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: 1.1 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 7° – Wind 17 km/h
18 Sun 12° 5° – Wind 16 km/h
19 Mon 12° 8° 7.2 mm, 73% Wind 22 km/h
20 Tue 13° 8° 2.7 mm, 61% Wind 17 km/h
21 Wed 12° 7° 2.4 mm, 61% Wind 43 km/h
22 Thu 13° 8° 0.6 mm, 62% Wind 26 km/h
23 Fri 13° 8° 18 mm, 82% Wind 42 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:40 AM Sunset 06:21 PM Daylight 10 hr, 40 min First quarter 38%

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Nearby gauges

Gauge Level Compared with normal 24 hours Distance
Paignton Kings Ash RoadRiver gauge, Clennon Valley Watercourse 0.12 m Low ±0 2.5 km
KingskerswellRiver gauge, Aller Brook 0.38 m Normal −0.01 m 3.8 km
Higher Brixham Horsepool StreetRiver gauge, Higher Brixham Watercourse 0.05 m Normal ±0 8.3 km
Union BridgeRiver gauge, River Lemon 0.02 m Lowest on record ±0 9.0 km
Holbeam Dam DownstreamRiver gauge, River Lemon 0.00 m Lowest on record ±0 11 km
Holbeam DamRiver gauge, River Lemon 0.11 m Very low ±0 11 km
Harbertonford BridgeRiver gauge, River Harbourne 0.28 m Very low ±0 12 km
Harbertonford ChurchRiver gauge, River Harbourne Tributary 0.22 m Lowest on record ±0 12 km

Questions and answers

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 Occombe Valley Road today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 08:45 BST, the water level was 0.03 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Occombe Valley Road rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Occombe Valley Road 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 Occombe Valley Road?

The highest level on record is 0.24 m on February 18, 2026. The lowest is 0.04 m on May 11, 2026.

How often is this data updated?

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

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from the Environment Agency, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
Operator
Environment Agency
Station code
ea:E85783 (Agency page)
Coordinates
50.45266, -3.57683 (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 2026-10-17 07:45 Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Occombe Valley Road (ea:E85783). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/devon/occombe-valley-road

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.

Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer