Utla (Årdalsvassdraget): discharge and water level

Utla (Årdalsvassdraget): discharge 11.3 m³/s (49% of mean flow), water level 40.34 m – below mean flood. Measured 23/10/2026, 20:00 CEST.

Now

11.3 m³/s below mean flood

Water level: 40.344 m (local datum) · Measured: 23/10/2026, 20:00 CEST · uncontrolled

Discharge, recent days (11.3–11.5 m³/s)

Mean flow (catchment statistic)22.9 m³/s
Mean annual flood220 m³/s
5-year flood280 m³/s
50-year flood400 m³/s

NVE flood statistics (culmination values).

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

18.5 mm fell at MET station Øvre Årdal (1.4 km away).

2026-10-16: 17.5 mm16.17.52026-10-17: 0.9 mm17.0.92026-10-18: 0 mm18.02026-10-19: 0.1 mm19.0.12026-10-20: 0 mm20.02026-10-21: 0 mm21.02026-10-22: 0 mm22.0
Data: MET Norway (Frost API, SN54780) · NLOD 2.0 / CC BY 4.0 · daily values, provisional

Water body status (EU Water Framework Directive)

  • BEKKEFELT TIL GJENDE NO074-110-R
    Ecological status: poor (2021) · Chemical: not assessed
    Good status expected: by 2027
  • UTLA NEDRE NO074-179-R
    Ecological status: poor (2017) · Chemical: not assessed
    Good status expected: by 2027

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