Høggås bru (Forra): discharge and water level

Høggås bru (Forra): discharge 9.05 m³/s (44% of mean flow), water level 1.87 m – below mean flood. Measured 23/10/2026, 20:00 CEST.

Now

9.05 m³/s below mean flood

Water level: 1.873 m (local datum) · Measured: 23/10/2026, 20:00 CEST · uncontrolled

Discharge, recent days (9.05–9.12 m³/s)

Mean flow (catchment statistic)20.6 m³/s
Mean annual flood188 m³/s
5-year flood225 m³/s
50-year flood341 m³/s

NVE flood statistics (culmination values) for 1913–2025.

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

10.7 mm fell at MET station Østås I Hegra (0.7 km away).

2026-10-16: 6.2 mm16.6.22026-10-17: 2 mm17.22026-10-18: 2.2 mm18.2.22026-10-19: 0.3 mm19.0.32026-10-20: 0 mm20.02026-10-21: 0 mm21.02026-10-22: 0 mm22.0
Data: MET Norway (Frost API, SN69550) · NLOD 2.0 / CC BY 4.0 · daily values, provisional

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

  • FORRA SIDEVASSDRAG NO124-220-R
    Ecological status: good (2022) · Chemical: not assessed
  • KVERNBEKKEN NO124-218-R
    Ecological status: moderate (2010) · Chemical: not assessed
    Good status expected: by 2027
  • FORRA NEDRE DEL NO124-67-R
    Ecological status: high (2014) · 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