Macalister at Licola

Live river level · updated 30 min ago225209

1.41 m ▼

Below minor · falling 1 cm/h

Peak watch · no upstream gauge is up to date enough to testify.

River height at Licola

Macalister at Licola is 1.41 m, falling 1 cm/h, below minor flood level (2.70 m), below normal, as at Mon, 28 Sept, 3:25 pm.

Level1.41 m

Trendfalling, 1 cm/h

vs normalbelow normal

vs minor-1.29 m

River system

Macalister →

21–28 SeptBelow minorNo classes2 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.

Water from Glen has typically reached here in ≈ 3 h, measured from past rises — not a forecast.

Level history

Upstream

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

Glen2 h old0.49 m ▶Stringy2 h old0.39 m Glenmag806 d old70.73 m

Questions about this gauge

What is the river height at Licola now?: Macalister at Licola is 1.41 m, falling 1 cm/h, below minor flood level (2.70 m), below normal, as at Mon, 28 Sept, 3:25 pm.
Where is the Licola river gauge?: It is gauge 225209 on the Macalister, at Licola, Victoria. Floodway shows its readings; it does not own or maintain the gauge.
What are the flood levels at Licola?: The Bureau of Meteorology publishes minor at 2.70 m, moderate at 3.20 m, major at 3.60 m for Macalister at Licola. 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 Licola?: 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 Macalister has been at Licola?: The highest reading in Floodway’s record for this gauge is 3.62 m, on 4 October 2023. Earlier or larger floods may predate what this gauge has recorded.
Is the Macalister high at Licola right now?: Macalister at Licola is 1.41 m, falling 1 cm/h, below minor flood level (2.70 m), below normal, as at Mon, 28 Sept, 3:25 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

Macalister at Licola (gauge 225209) measures the Macalister in Victoria. The next verified gauge upstream is Glen. Downstream, the next verified gauge is Stringy. 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	2.70 m
Moderate	3.20 m
Major	3.60 m

Flood-class provenance: VIC_SLS_current.pdf p.18 — Licola (Macalister R) Gippsland RWMP Automatic

Heights at this gauge are local gauge height (LGH) — gauge zero sits at 188.889 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: THOMSON 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 Licola now?

Macalister at Licola is 1.41 m, falling 1 cm/h, below minor flood level (2.70 m), below normal, as at Mon, 28 Sept, 3:25 pm.

Where is the Licola river gauge?

It is gauge 225209 on the Macalister, at Licola, Victoria. Floodway shows its readings; it does not own or maintain the gauge.

What are the flood levels at Licola?

The Bureau of Meteorology publishes minor at 2.70 m, moderate at 3.20 m, major at 3.60 m for Macalister at Licola. 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 Licola?

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 Macalister has been at Licola?

The highest reading in Floodway’s record for this gauge is 3.62 m, on 4 October 2023. Earlier or larger floods may predate what this gauge has recorded.

Is the Macalister high at Licola right now?

Macalister at Licola is 1.41 m, falling 1 cm/h, below minor flood level (2.70 m), below normal, as at Mon, 28 Sept, 3:25 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

2.70 m

Moderate

3.20 m

Major

3.60 m

Flood-class provenance: VIC_SLS_current.pdf p.18 — Licola (Macalister R) Gippsland RWMP Automatic