River Darwen level at Blackburn Waterfall

Latest at 4:45pm on 15 July

• Height: 0.49m
• Trend: Falling
• State: Low

Normal range 0.50m to 1.40m

Height in metres over the last 5 days

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How levels here could affect nearby areas

• 3.78m:
  Water reaches the highest level recorded at this measuring station (26 December 2015)
• 1.80m:
  Property flooding is possible above this level
• 1.40m:
  Top of normal range. Low-lying land flooding possible above this level
• 0.49m:
  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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