Does this page mean a warning is active for Low lying properties in Muchelney, Muchelney Ham and Thorney Moor?

No. This page describes a permanent Environment Agency monitoring area. The separate live-status panel checks whether a warning or alert is currently in force. If the feed is unavailable, the current status is unknown.

What is a designated warning or alert area?

It is an official geographic coverage area used by the Environment Agency when issuing flood notices. An area can remain in the directory for years while having no warning active today.

Why can similar area names appear more than once?

The Environment Agency can define separate coverage areas for different river reaches, banks or nearby communities. Similar names do not necessarily describe the same official area; the EA reference identifies each one.

Does being inside this area prove my property will flood?

No. A monitoring-area listing is not a property-level assessment. Use the official long-term flood-risk service for an address and seek specialist advice for property, mortgage or insurance decisions.

Environment Agency monitoring directory

Low lying properties in Muchelney, Muchelney Ham and Thorney Moor

Designated Flood Warning AreaEA reference 112FWFMTM10A

This label is not a current warning. It means the EA has predefined this location as an area where it may issue a flood warning. The live panel below checks what is active now.

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Is an official warning active now?

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Official area details

Watercourse or coast: River Yeo
Directory county: Somerset
EA operational area: Somerset
Coverage category: Designated Flood Warning Area

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Use this information safely

For conditions now: use the live panel and verify on the official flood service.
For a property: use the official long-term risk checker; this directory is not address-level evidence.
For river levels: open a nearby monitoring station and check the reading time.
For immediate danger: follow emergency-service instructions and call 999.

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Nearby river-level stations

These are measuring instruments, not reported flood locations. A station reading must be interpreted with its timestamp, station datum and any official threshold context.

Gaw Bridge

River Parrett · Parrett, Brue and West Somerset Streams

Lovington

River Brue · Parrett, Brue and West Somerset Streams

Beerwall Upstream

River Sowy · Parrett, Brue and West Somerset Streams

Huish Episcopi Pumping Station

River Yeo · Parrett, Brue and West Somerset Streams

Baltmoor Wall Saltmoor Barrier

Saltmoor Main Drain · Parrett, Brue and West Somerset Streams

Winsham

River Axe · Otter, Sid, Axe and Lim

Northmoor Drain

Northmoor Main Drain · Parrett, Brue and West Somerset Streams

Ilchester

River Yeo · Parrett, Brue and West Somerset Streams

Weston Bampfylde

River Cam · Parrett, Brue and West Somerset Streams

Forde Abbey

River Axe · Otter, Sid, Axe and Lim

Nearby designated monitoring areas

River Yeo and River Parrett Moors including access from Langport, Law Lane from Drayton, Law Lane from Thorney, Wetmoor Lane from Long Load and properties in Muchelney, Muchelney Ham and Thorney

River Yeo · designated alert area

New Road in Sherborne to the Old Mill Farm area near Yeovil including the Smiths Bridge area near Bradford Abbas, Broadclose Farm, Yeovil Junction Station and Sharmans Bridge area, Newton Surmaville, Chudleigh Mill and Yeobridge Trade Park near Yeovil