Yeoford water level

Name: Yeoford water level (Environment Agency)
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

River gauge, River Yeo, Devon, United Kingdom

Directions

Within the normal range

Water level

0.18m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 05:00 BST (1 hour ago)

History

7 days 30 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The River Yeo at Yeoford is at 0.18 m, within its typical range.

The usual range here runs from 0.10 m to 2.00 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.16 m and 0.20 m.

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

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.10 m – 2.00 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.16 m – 0.20 m
Highest on record: 2.76 mNovember 18, 1999
Lowest on record: 0.00 mJuly 26, 2000

Fishing and paddling

Paddlers and anglers can expect the river much as they know it, though a heavy shower upstream can change that within hours.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.8 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 13° 6° – Wind 14 km/h

18 Sun 12° 3° – Wind 16 km/h

19 Mon 12° 8° 2.1 mm, 67% Wind 18 km/h

20 Tue 12° 4° 2.7 mm, 47% Wind 15 km/h

21 Wed 10° 3° 6.9 mm, 57% Wind 47 km/h

22 Thu 12° 7° 2.7 mm, 49% Wind 21 km/h

23 Fri 13° 7° 14 mm, 82% Wind 37 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:21 PM Daylight 10 hr, 39 min First quarter 37%

Map

Other gauges on the River Yeo

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
LapfordRiver gauge, River Yeo	0.36 m	Very low	+0.01 m	11 km
Collard BridgeRiver gauge, River Yeo	0.38 m	Normal	−0.06 m	41 km
Huish Episcopi Pumping StationRiver gauge, River Yeo	1.69 m	Normal	+0.01 m	70 km
IlchesterRiver gauge, River Yeo	0.09 m	Normal	±0	77 km
Pen MillRiver gauge, River Yeo	0.11 m	Very low	−0.01 m	80 km
Sherborne LakeRiver gauge, River Yeo	−0.78 m	No reference yet	−0.01 m	87 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Upton HellionsRiver gauge, River Creedy	0.26 m	Normal	±0	6.6 km
Clifford BridgeRiver gauge, River Teign	0.26 m	Normal	+0.02 m	9.0 km
Cowley BridgeRiver gauge, River Creedy	0.21 m	Normal	±0	11 km
Chagford Drogo Iron BridgeRiver gauge, River Teign	1.17 m	Lowest on record	−0.01 m	11 km
Taw BridgeRiver gauge, River Taw	0.13 m	Very low	+0.01 m	14 km
SticklepathRiver gauge, River Taw	0.18 m	Normal	±0	15 km
ThorvertonRiver gauge, River Exe	0.38 m	Normal	+0.04 m	15 km
Trews WeirRiver gauge, River Exe	3.33 m	Normal	+0.01 m	15 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Yeo at Yeoford?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.10 m to 2.00 m for this gauge.

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

What is the water level of Yeoford today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 05:00 BST, the water level was 0.18 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Yeoford rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Steady over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Yeoford normal?

Within the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Yeoford?

The highest level on record is 2.76 m on November 18, 1999. The lowest is 0.00 m on July 26, 2000.

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:45137 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.77557, -3.71834 (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

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.18 m	2026-10-17 04:00	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Yeoford (ea:45137). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/devon/yeoford

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