Latrobe River at Thoms

Live river level · updated 60 min ago226005

0.60 m ▶

Below minor · steady

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

River height at Thoms

Latrobe River at Thoms is 0.60 m, steady, below minor flood level (4.00 m), well below normal, as at Mon, 28 Sept, 4:00 pm.

Level0.60 m

Trendsteady

vs normalwell below normal

vs minor-3.40 m

River system

Latrobe River →

21–28 SeptBelow minorNo classes8 not reportingHeight 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 in the last 5 years. 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

Rosedale1 h 6 min ago1.04 m ▶Kilmany S.25 min ago2.47 m ▶Apmno datano data

Questions about this gauge

What is the river height at Thoms now?: Latrobe River at Thoms is 0.60 m, steady, below minor flood level (4.00 m), well below normal, as at Mon, 28 Sept, 4:00 pm.
Where is the Thoms river gauge?: It is gauge 226005 on the Latrobe River, at Thoms, Victoria. Floodway shows its readings; it does not own or maintain the gauge.
What are the flood levels at Thoms?: The Bureau of Meteorology publishes minor at 4.00 m, moderate at 5.00 m, major at 6.50 m for Latrobe River at Thoms. These are the Bureau’s own classes for this gauge, and what they mean on the ground is described in the glossary.
Is more water on its way to Thoms?: Not according to the gauges upstream: none of them has risen while this one has stayed level. Floodway compares this gauge with the ones above it and reports what their shared record says about how long past rises took to arrive. It does not forecast, so this is a statement about now and not about later.
What is the highest the Latrobe River has been at Thoms?: The highest reading in Floodway’s record for this gauge is 5.80 m, on 5 October 2023. Earlier or larger floods may predate what this gauge has recorded.
Is the Latrobe River high at Thoms right now?: Latrobe River at Thoms is 0.60 m, steady, below minor flood level (4.00 m), well below normal, as at Mon, 28 Sept, 4:00 pm.

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

About this gauge

Latrobe at Thoms (gauge 226005) measures the Latrobe River in Victoria. Downstream, the next verified gauge is Rosedale. 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	4.00 m
Moderate	5.00 m
Major	6.50 m

Flood-class provenance: VIC_SLS_current.pdf p.27 — Thoms Bridge Southern Rural Water Automatic

Heights at this gauge are local gauge height (LGH) — gauge zero sits at 30.853 m. 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: LATROBE 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 Thoms now?

Latrobe River at Thoms is 0.60 m, steady, below minor flood level (4.00 m), well below normal, as at Mon, 28 Sept, 4:00 pm.

Where is the Thoms river gauge?

It is gauge 226005 on the Latrobe River, at Thoms, Victoria. Floodway shows its readings; it does not own or maintain the gauge.

What are the flood levels at Thoms?

The Bureau of Meteorology publishes minor at 4.00 m, moderate at 5.00 m, major at 6.50 m for Latrobe River at Thoms. These are the Bureau’s own classes for this gauge, and what they mean on the ground is described in the glossary.

Is more water on its way to Thoms?

Not according to the gauges upstream: none of them has risen while this one has stayed level. Floodway compares this gauge with the ones above it and reports what their shared record says about how long past rises took to arrive. It does not forecast, so this is a statement about now and not about later.

What is the highest the Latrobe River has been at Thoms?

The highest reading in Floodway’s record for this gauge is 5.80 m, on 5 October 2023. Earlier or larger floods may predate what this gauge has recorded.

Is the Latrobe River high at Thoms right now?

Latrobe River at Thoms is 0.60 m, steady, below minor flood level (4.00 m), well below normal, as at Mon, 28 Sept, 4:00 pm.

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

4.00 m

Moderate

5.00 m

Major

6.50 m

Flood-class provenance: VIC_SLS_current.pdf p.27 — Thoms Bridge Southern Rural Water Automatic