{"id":38236,"date":"2025-03-30T11:37:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T10:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/?p=38236"},"modified":"2025-07-31T17:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:10:17","slug":"flood-risk-at-any-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/flood-risk-at-any-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood risk &#8211; any time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is an interactive flood map available called guagemap.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Levels.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-38242\" src=\"http:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png\" alt=\"Flood_Level_c\" width=\"120\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png 120w, https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c-85x55.png 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt draws upon environment agency data to show the height of Bloxham Brook but it&#8217;s maybe quicker and easier to find data not only for for where you live but also where you&#8217;re travelling to\/through as you can select it from a map by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaugemap.co.uk\/#!Map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">heading here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The type of display you get is shown below. We&#8217;ve added a wiget to the site so you can check it out at any time.<br \/>\nWe realise not all flooding in Bloxham comes from the brook &#8211; and it certainly carries away the water more quickly than it did 5 years ago &#8211; but it at least\u00a0 gives some indication of the amount of water around!<\/p>\n<div class=\"box_2\" style=\"clear: both; margin-bottom: 2em;\"><strong>\u00a0Basically &#8211; start getting worried about flooding from the brook when the level goes above 1.1m<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/gaugemap.blob.core.windows.net\/gaugemapwidgets\/1016-1059-3-300x446.html\" width=\"300\" height=\"446\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can check whether the Environment Agency have a flood waring in force for Bloxham by <a href=\"https:\/\/flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk\/warnings?location=OX15+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visiting this link<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 90%; margin: auto; text-align: center; background: #EEE; padding: 2em; border: 1px solid grey;\">Click on the diagram below to check-out flood alerts and warnings for Oxfordshire in general.<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 90%; margin: auto; text-align: center; background: #EEE; padding: 2em; border: 1px solid grey;\">Note &#8211; This may not be fully up-to-date with the\u00a0 data the link takes you to.<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/environment.data.gov.uk\/flood-widgets\/widgets\/widget-Oxfordshire-vertical.html\" width=\"160px\" height=\"380px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is currently (18 Feb 2020)  NO flood alert on Bloxham Brook. The brook has dropped 0.2m over the last 24 hours &#8211; but more rain on the way and so best keep an eye on things!<br \/>\nThe flood-risk tool in the post continuously monitors the height of Bloxham Brook and gives some indication of likely flooding. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-from-the-editors","category-miscellany"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false],"medium":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false],"large":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false],"wzslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c-85x55.png",85,55,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false],"loop":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false],"featured":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false],"featured@2x":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false],"featured-fixed":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false],"featured-fixed@2x":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false],"featured-cat":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false],"featured-cat@2x":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false],"single-featured":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false],"single-featured@2x":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false],"carousel":["https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flood_Level_c.png",120,78,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"editor","author_link":"https:\/\/bloxham.info\/broadsheet\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"There is currently (18 Feb 2020) NO flood alert on Bloxham Brook. 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