River Colne level at Lexden

Latest at 4:30am on 24 December

• Height: 0.42m
• Trend: Steady
• State: Normal

Normal range 0.10m to 1.54m

Height in metres over the last 5 days

We take measurements more often as the risk of flooding increases.

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How levels here could affect nearby areas

• 2.38m:
  Water reaches the highest level recorded at this measuring station (22 October 2001)
• 1.90m:
  Property flooding is possible above this level
• 1.54m:
  Top of normal range
• 1.42m:
  Low-lying land flooding possible above this level. One or more flood alerts may be issued.
• 0.42m:
  Latest level

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

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