Holbeam Dam Downstream water level

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

River gauge, River Lemon, Devon, United Kingdom

Directions

Lower than ever recorded here

Water level

0.00m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 17 Oct 2026, 19:45 BST (25 min ago)

History

7 days

Water level Top of normal rangeBottom of normal range

What this means

At 0.00 m, the River Lemon at Holbeam Dam Downstream is at a record low.

It has now dropped past the published record low of 0.08 m (May 27, 1998). The usual range here runs from 0.21 m to 0.74 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly.

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

Normal range: 0.21 m – 0.74 m
Highest on record: 1.77 mFebruary 16, 2020
Lowest on record: 0.08 mMay 27, 1998
Lowest on record: 0.08 m below the lowest level on record

On the river at Holbeam Dam Downstream

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.

About the River Lemon

The River Lemon is a 9.9 miles river in the county of Devon in southwest England. It is a tributary of the River Teign, starting on Dartmoor by Haytor, and ending in Newton Abbot. It rises on the south-east side of Dartmoor near Haytor, joins with the River Sig and the Langworthy Brook at Sigford, then passes the village of Bickington. Lower down, it is joined by the Kestor Brook and it then flows through the woods in Bradley Valley, past the manor house of Bradley, and through the town of Newton Abbot where it flows through a 440-yard-long (400 m) tunnel below the town centre. Just below the town, the river joins the River Teign at 50.517°N 3.607°W, near the head of its estuary.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 2.2 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 14° 7° – Wind 18 km/h

18 Sun 13° 6° – Wind 18 km/h

19 Mon 13° 7° 3.3 mm, 78% Wind 22 km/h

20 Tue 12° 9° 5.4 mm, 61% Wind 15 km/h

21 Wed 13° 3° 1.2 mm, 59% Wind 35 km/h

22 Thu 13° 7° 4.1 mm, 88% Wind 23 km/h

23 Fri 13° 9° 34 mm, 90% Wind 47 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:41 AM Sunset 06:21 PM Daylight 10 hr, 40 min First quarter 42%

Map

Other gauges on the River Lemon

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Holbeam DamRiver gauge, River Lemon	0.10 m	Very low	−0.02 m	0.0 km
Union BridgeRiver gauge, River Lemon	0.02 m	Very low	±0	3.1 km
BickingtonRiver gauge, River Lemon	0.36 m	Normal	±0	3.2 km
Templers RoadRiver gauge, River Lemon	0.12 m	No reference yet	−0.07 m	3.9 km

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Bovey Tracey Wifford FootbridgeRiver gauge, River Bovey Tributary	0.39 m	Normal	±0	5.4 km
Bovey ParkeRiver gauge, River Bovey	0.35 m	Lowest on record	−0.01 m	7.2 km
Ashburton LowerRiver gauge, River Ashburn	0.06 m	Very low	±0	7.3 km
Chudleigh BridgeRiver gauge, River Teign	0.39 m	Lowest on record	+0.01 m	7.5 km
KingskerswellRiver gauge, Aller Brook	0.38 m	Normal	±0	8.1 km
Austins BridgeRiver gauge, River Dart	0.33 m	Very low	−0.03 m	9.5 km
Buckfastleigh Kingcombe CourtRiver gauge, Dean Burn	0.52 m	Lowest on record	±0	10 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 0.00 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Holbeam Dam Downstream today?

On 17 Oct 2026, 19:45 BST, the water level was 0.00 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Holbeam Dam Downstream rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Holbeam Dam Downstream 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 Holbeam Dam Downstream?

The highest level on record is 1.77 m on February 16, 2020. The lowest is 0.08 m on May 27, 1998.

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:46148 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 50.53326, -3.65779 (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	0.00 m	2026-10-17 18:45	Provisional

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How to cite

Environment Agency: Holbeam Dam Downstream (ea:46148). Accessed October 17, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/devon/holbeam-dam-downstream

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