Nedre Bjørnhølen (Vinstra): discharge and water level

Nedre Bjørnhølen (Vinstra): discharge 7.56 m³/s (41% of mean flow), water level 1,022.89 m – below mean flood. Measured 23/10/2026, 18:00 CEST.

Now

7.56 m³/s below mean flood

Water level: 1,022.888 m (local datum) · Measured: 23/10/2026, 18:00 CEST · uncontrolled

Discharge, recent days (7.53–7.56 m³/s)

Mean flow (catchment statistic)18.3 m³/s
Mean annual flood71.3 m³/s
5-year flood86.5 m³/s
50-year flood166 m³/s

NVE flood statistics (culmination values) for 1980–2021.

Source: Data: NVE (Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat), HydAPI · Licence: NLOD 2.0 · Updated 23/10/2026, 20:15 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

6.8 mm fell at MET station Beitostølen Ii (14.1 km away).

2026-10-16: 1 mm16.12026-10-17: 0 mm17.02026-10-18: 0 mm18.02026-10-19: 0 mm19.02026-10-20: 0 mm20.02026-10-21: 0 mm21.02026-10-22: 5.8 mm22.5.8
Data: MET Norway (Frost API, SN23550) · NLOD 2.0 / CC BY 4.0 · daily values, provisional

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

  • ELVESTREKNING MELLOM VINSTEREN OG SANDVATNET NO002-1755-R
    Ecological potential: good (2012) · Chemical: not assessed · heavily modified/artificial
  • VINSTRE BEKKEFELT TIL NO002-1753-R
    Ecological status: high (2021) · 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