Rotherham Forge Island water level

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

River gauge, River Don, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Directions

Far below the normal range

Water level

0.19m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 19 Oct 2026, 04:30 BST (39 min ago)

History

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Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

The River Don at Rotherham Forge Island is running far below normal at 0.19 m.

The usual range here runs from 0.23 m to 1.70 m. The lowest reading on record is 0.17 m (July 15, 2011).

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 0.16 m and 0.29 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: 0.23 m – 1.70 m
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.16 m – 0.29 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.18 m – 0.25 m
Highest on record: 3.32 mNovember 8, 2019
Lowest on record: 0.17 mJuly 15, 2011

Fishing and paddling

At low levels, many rivers become a walk-and-paddle trip. Fish hold in deeper pools and spook easily.

Flood alerts and warnings come from the Environment Agency.

About the River Don

The River Don is a river in north-east Scotland. At 135 kilometres (84 mi) in length, it drains a catchment of 1,312 square kilometres (507 sq mi). It rises in the Grampians and flows eastwards, through Aberdeenshire, to the North Sea at Aberdeen. The Don passes through Alford, Kemnay, Inverurie, Kintore, and Dyce. Its main tributary, the River Ury, joins at Inverurie.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 4.3 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 8° 0.1 mm Wind 17 km/h

19 Mon 14° 9° 7.7 mm, 98% Wind 19 km/h

20 Tue 12° 10° 8.7 mm, 65% Wind 11 km/h

21 Wed 11° 8° 0.4 mm, 51% Wind 23 km/h

22 Thu 12° 6° 0.9 mm, 59% Wind 17 km/h

23 Fri 9° 7° 2.1 mm, 68% Wind 23 km/h

24 Sat 10° 5° – Wind 27 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:40 AM Sunset 06:02 PM Daylight 10 hr, 23 min First quarter 55%

Map

Other gauges on the River Don

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
RotherhamRiver gauge, River Don	0.02 m	Low	+0.01 m	0.6 km
HadfieldsRiver gauge, River Don	0.37 m	Normal	+0.04 m	4.2 km
Kilnhurst LowerRiver gauge, River Don	0.47 m	Very low	+0.04 m	6.4 km
Sheffield Lady's BridgeRiver gauge, River Don	0.44 m	Low	+0.05 m	8.5 km
Mexborough LockRiver gauge, River Don	0.54 m	Very low	±0	10 km
Wharncliffe SideRiver gauge, River Don	0.84 m	Low	±0	13 km
SprotbroughRiver gauge, River Don	0.45 m	Normal	+0.03 m	14 km
Oxspring Bower HillRiver gauge, River Don	0.03 m	Normal	+0.01 m	18 km
DoncasterRiver gauge, River Don	0.22 m	Very low	+0.02 m	18 km
PenistoneRiver gauge, River Don	0.33 m	Low	+0.01 m	22 km
Kirk BramwithRiver gauge, River Don	1.94 m	Normal	+0.01 m	27 km
FishlakeRiver gauge, River Don	1.69 m	Normal	+0.07 m	32 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Canklow WashlandsRiver gauge, Ulley Brook	0.41 m	Very high	+0.26 m	3.2 km
Whiston BrookRiver gauge	0.15 m	Very high	+0.11 m	3.7 km
Sheffield WincobankRiver gauge, Blackburn Brook	0.06 m	Low	+0.05 m	3.9 km
Sheffield BlackburnRiver gauge, Blackburn Brook	0.04 m	Normal	±0	4.3 km
CatcliffeRiver gauge, River Rother	25.42 m	Normal	+0.08 m	4.4 km
Catcliffe DrainRiver gauge	25.64 m	Normal	±0	4.4 km
GrimesthorpeRiver gauge, Bagley Dike	0.37 m	Very high	+0.31 m	5.8 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the River Don at Rotherham Forge Island?

The Environment Agency gives a typical range of 0.23 m to 1.70 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 0.19 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Rotherham Forge Island today?

On 19 Oct 2026, 04:30 BST, the water level was 0.19 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Rotherham Forge Island rising or falling?

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

Is the level of Rotherham Forge Island normal?

Far below the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Rotherham Forge Island?

The highest level on record is 3.32 m on November 8, 2019. The lowest is 0.17 m on July 15, 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:F0600 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 53.43025, -1.35880 (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	0.19 m	2026-10-19 03:30	Provisional

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Environment Agency: Rotherham Forge Island (ea:F0600). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/south-yorkshire/rotherham-forge-island

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