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Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for Morris Brook in England, United Kingdom, built from official government gauge data.
Morris Brook is a gauged river in England.
For this station, the river is read as a local English reach rather than a broader watershed, because no watershed name is given. The seasonal pattern is modest: the highest typical month is November at 0.16 m (0.51 ft), and the lowest is July at 0.1 m (0.31 ft). The typical annual swing is 6 cm (2.4 in), so the water level usually shifts by only a small amount through the year.
That kind of range matters on the bank. Small changes still show up in shallow crossings, low intakes, and places where a short rise can cover the edge of a dock or push water into a field drain. The record itself is also tight. The highest level on record is 0.79 m (2.6 ft) in January 2021, and the lowest is 0.05 m (0.16 ft) in April 2022. Those two marks show that even a modest brook can move from very low water to a much fuller channel.
With 15 years on record, the station gives a useful local picture, but not a long one. For a river this size, the best day-to-day clue is usually the pattern of the season, not a single reading.
The record high is far above the typical November level, which tells you that unusual events can lift the brook well beyond its normal band. The record low in April 2022 sits below the typical July level, so the lowest water is not locked to mid-summer here. That is worth remembering if you rely on a shallow pump, a ford, or a bank-side landing.
The hero number is today’s reading compared with the median for this calendar day across the station’s record. That is more useful than raw elevation because a level on its own does not say whether the river is high for this date or just part of its normal cycle.
This station is published by the Environment Agency, and the comparison is based on more than 15 years of record.
Readings come from official government gauges and are rolled into daily records: the daily mean, high and low for every day on record. Each calendar day gets its own baseline from the full history, so the level you see is compared against what this specific date usually looks like rather than an annual average.
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The level right now, in feet or metres, updated as the source agency publishes new readings - for many stations that is every five to fifteen minutes. How today compares to typical: every location carries its own typical-for-this-date band built from its historical record, so a reading is never just a number - it is above, below, or near what this water usually does on this calendar day. Which way it is moving: a measured RISING, FALLING, or STEADY verdict computed from the gauge's own recent readings, with the rate of change - the difference between a flood ending and one beginning. What comes next: level forecasts up to 72 hours ahead, driven by the gauge's recent behaviour, upstream water, and quantitative precipitation forecasts, alongside live radar, lightning, and weather for the surrounding region.
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