Floodway · Victoria · Howqua

Howqua at Benbullen

Last reading · updated 2 h old405235

0.83 m

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Peak watch · no gauges upstream of this one on the main stem.

River height at Benbullen

Howqua at Benbullen last read 0.83 m at Mon, 28 Sept, 3:00 pm and has not reported since.

Level0.83 m

Trendsteady

vs normalwell below normal

vs minor-1.57 m

River system

Howqua →

21–28 SeptBelow minorNo classesHeight is each gauge against its OWN normal — the 90 days ending a month ago, so the water it is being compared with is not this event. The dotted line is that normal, the next line up its 90th percentile. Not metres, which differ by gauge. Colour is the flood class it has crossed. Dashed ring = too little record to place.

Level history

Hover the chart to read any past height.

Historical peaks

When	Peak	Class

The biggest separate floods here since 2021 — all the record this gauge has. Each row is one event's highest reading. Crests within a fortnight of each other are one flood arriving and receding, not two. Pick one to lay it over the chart.

Nearby gauges

Glen Esk2 h old1.67 m ▶

Questions about this gauge

What is the river height at Benbullen now?: Howqua at Benbullen last read 0.83 m at Mon, 28 Sept, 3:00 pm and has not reported since.
Where is the Benbullen river gauge?: It is gauge 405235 on the Howqua, at Benbullen, Victoria. Floodway shows its readings; it does not own or maintain the gauge.
What are the flood levels at Benbullen?: The Bureau of Meteorology publishes minor at 2.40 m, moderate at 2.70 m, major at 3.10 m for Howqua at Benbullen. These are the Bureau’s own classes for this gauge, and what they mean on the ground is described in the glossary.
What is the highest the Howqua has been at Benbullen?: The highest reading in Floodway’s record for this gauge is 2.46 m, on 20 August 2026. Earlier or larger floods may predate what this gauge has recorded.

Floodway is decision support, not an official warning service. For warnings, see the Bureau of Meteorology. What the flood classes mean →

About this gauge

Howqua at Benbullen (gauge 405235) measures the Howqua in Victoria. Downstream, the next verified gauge is Glen Esk. More gauges on this river are known but awaiting verification, and travel-time estimates will appear once reach calibration has been reviewed.

Floodway shows levels from the Bureau of Meteorology’s national water data service, compared against the Bureau’s flood classifications for this location. During events, always follow official BoM flood warnings and VicSES advice.

Flood class	Gauge height
Minor	2.40 m
Moderate	2.70 m
Major	3.10 m

Flood-class provenance: BoM HCS_Metadata_Water_Level.csv (Rainfall and River Height Data — HCS Files, user guide v2.1, effective 2026-05-07), retrieved 2026-08-12, https://reg.bom.gov.au/catalogue/HCS_Metadata_Water_Level.csv

Heights at this gauge are local gauge height (LGH). Local gauge height is measured from a datum set at this site, so a reading here is not directly comparable with one at another gauge. Drainage basin: GOULBURN RIVER.

Named floods

Peaks are computed from the readings stored for this gauge over each named event window — verify against official records before relying on them (docs/VERIFICATION.md §5).

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Questions about this gauge

What is the river height at Benbullen now?

Howqua at Benbullen last read 0.83 m at Mon, 28 Sept, 3:00 pm and has not reported since.

Where is the Benbullen river gauge?

It is gauge 405235 on the Howqua, at Benbullen, Victoria. Floodway shows its readings; it does not own or maintain the gauge.

What are the flood levels at Benbullen?

The Bureau of Meteorology publishes minor at 2.40 m, moderate at 2.70 m, major at 3.10 m for Howqua at Benbullen. These are the Bureau’s own classes for this gauge, and what they mean on the ground is described in the glossary.

What is the highest the Howqua has been at Benbullen?

The highest reading in Floodway’s record for this gauge is 2.46 m, on 20 August 2026. Earlier or larger floods may predate what this gauge has recorded.

Floodway is decision support, not an official warning service. For warnings, see the Bureau of Meteorology. What the flood classes mean →

About this gauge

Flood class

Gauge height

Minor

2.40 m

Moderate

2.70 m

Major

3.10 m