Bjørnstad (Namsen): discharge and water level

Bjørnstad (Namsen): discharge 18.5 m³/s (40% of mean flow), water level 0.71 m – below mean flood. Measured 23/10/2026, 19:00 CEST.

Now

18.5 m³/s below mean flood

Water level: 0.709 m (local datum) · Measured: 23/10/2026, 19:00 CEST · uncontrolled

Discharge, recent days (18.5–19 m³/s)

Mean flow (catchment statistic)46.3 m³/s
Mean annual flood228 m³/s
5-year flood293 m³/s
50-year flood438 m³/s

NVE flood statistics (culmination values) for 1950–2018.

Source: Data: NVE (Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat), HydAPI · Licence: NLOD 2.0 · Updated 23/10/2026, 21:00 CEST. Raw data, mostly not yet quality-controlled by NVE. Not an official flood warning – see varsom.no.

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Precipitation, last 7 days

24.4 mm fell at MET station Majavatn V (17.3 km away).

2026-10-16: 14 mm16.142026-10-17: 6 mm17.62026-10-18: 4.4 mm18.4.42026-10-19: 0 mm19.02026-10-20: 0 mm20.02026-10-21: 0 mm21.02026-10-22: 0 mm22.0
Data: MET Norway (Frost API, SN77425) · NLOD 2.0 / CC BY 4.0 · daily values, provisional

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

  • OEVRE NAMSEN NO139-289-R
    Ecological status: good (2012) · Chemical: not assessed
  • BEKKER I NAMSSKOGAN NO139-197-R
    Ecological status: good (2019) · Chemical: not assessed

Official assessment of the water body at this gauge from the 2022 river basin management plans (WFD target: at least “good”). It rates the whole water body, not today’s water quality.

EEA WISE – WFD 2022 (3rd RBMP), © EEA, CC BY 4.0