River Culm level at Woodmill

Latest at 5:00pm on 23 February

Normal range 0.25m to 1.60m

4.20m: Historical event: Flooding of critical infrastructure, including schools and mainline railway; Historical event: Flooding to properties
3.73m: Water reaches the highest level recorded at this measuring station (21 November 2012); Historical event: Flooding to commercial properties at Alexandria Industrial Estate
2.70m: Property flooding is possible above this level
2.40m: Historical event: Flooding at Bradninch level crossing; Historical event: Flooding of the railway at Hele
1.60m: Top of normal range. Low-lying land flooding possible above this level. One or more flood alerts may be issued.
0.56m: Latest level

Flooding might not happen again at the same historical levels. This may be because flood management schemes are now in place.