Current river levels on the River Otter at Dotton and Fenny Bridges
Below is peak flow data for the River Otter at Dotton with the corresponding data for Fenny Bridges, with the flow rate and stage (height) shown. In a high flow event, Fenny Bridges tends to peak about 2-3 hours before Dotton (So the page above could be useful in a developing situation)
Peak flow data for Fenny Bridges, this may give a couple hours warning of potential levels downstream,
Previous flow data is accessible here
The mean annual flood is 59.7m3/s (1.46m).
Peak flows for the Otter at Dotton (1962-2016) |
Compared to peak flow at Fenny Bridges (1974-2016) |
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Rank |
Flow (m3/s) |
Stage (m)* |
Date |
Rank at FB |
Flow (m3/s) |
Stage (m) |
1 |
346.7 |
3.62 |
11th July 1968 |
Before record start |
— |
—- |
2 |
212.4 |
2.85 |
30th Oct 2008 |
2 |
132.3 |
2.78 |
3 |
174.6 |
2.63 |
7th Jul 2012 |
5 |
121.9 |
2.63 |
4 |
174.4 |
2.63 |
25th Nov 2012 |
4 |
122.1 |
2.64 |
5 |
170.7 |
2.6 |
7th Dec 2000 |
1 |
134.6 |
2.81 |
6 |
159.4 |
2.53 |
21st Nov 2012 |
6 |
113.6 |
2.51 |
7 |
152.5 |
2.49 |
5th Nov 2000 |
3 |
128 |
2.72 |
8 |
147.2 |
2.48 |
14th Nov 2002 |
8 |
109.4 |
2.45 |
9 |
119.3 |
2.35 |
2nd Dec 1972 |
Before record start |
— |
— |
10 |
116.4 |
2.41* |
21st Nov 2016 |
10 |
96.2 |
2.21 |
11 |
109.4 |
2.35 |
13th Dec 2008 |
14 |
88.3 |
2.04 |
12 |
108.5 |
2.23 |
8th Aug 1997 |
7 |
109.8 |
2.45 |
13 |
100.9 |
2.15 |
21st Dec 1989 |
11 |
95.4 |
2.2 |
14 |
100.8 |
2.28 |
28th Mar 2016 |
12 |
91.4 |
2.11 |
15 |
99.8 |
2.14 |
30th Oct 2000 |
18 |
79.5 |
1.86 |
…30 |
73.2 |
1.997 |
6th Feb 2016 |
27 |
64.2 |
1.55 |
…40 |
68.3 |
1.93 |
Mean annual flood |
35 |
58 |
1.46 |
*Events before 2000 may have a higher stage than larger flow events after 2000. This is because measurements take account of a slightly different channel shape, and therefore different water level.
Previous flow data is accessible here
The mean annual flood (half of years have at least one flow this high) is 69.81m3/s (1.93m). Some years have more than one.
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