Floodway · Victoria · Mitchell

Mitchell at Bairns

Last reading · updated 2 h old224200

1.30 m

337 of 753 gauges on Vic WMIS near-real-time are reporting now.

Peak watch · this gauge’s own reading is not recent enough to compare upstream against.

River height at Bairns

Mitchell at Bairns last read 1.30 m at Mon, 28 Sept, 2:00 pm and has not reported since.

Level1.30 m

Trendsteady

vs normalbelow normal

vs minor-4.30 m

River system

Mitchell →

21–28 SeptBelow minorNo classes4 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

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

Angusvaleno datano data Howittno datano data Lindenow25 d old1.36 m

Questions about this gauge

What is the river height at Bairns now?: Mitchell at Bairns last read 1.30 m at Mon, 28 Sept, 2:00 pm and has not reported since.
Where is the Bairns river gauge?: It is gauge 224200 on the Mitchell, at Bairns, Victoria. Floodway shows its readings; it does not own or maintain the gauge.
What are the flood levels at Bairns?: The Bureau of Meteorology publishes minor at 5.60 m, moderate at 6.50 m, major at 6.80 m for Mitchell at Bairns. 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 Mitchell has been at Bairns?: The highest reading in Floodway’s record for this gauge is 6.29 m, on 4 July 2025. 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

Mitchell at Bairns (gauge 224200) measures the Mitchell in Victoria. The next verified gauge upstream is Angusvale. Downstream, the next verified gauge is Howitt. 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	5.60 m
Moderate	6.50 m
Major	6.80 m

Flood-class provenance: VIC_SLS_current.pdf p.18 — Bairnsdale Gippsland RWMP Automatic

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 Bairns now?

Mitchell at Bairns last read 1.30 m at Mon, 28 Sept, 2:00 pm and has not reported since.

Where is the Bairns river gauge?

It is gauge 224200 on the Mitchell, at Bairns, Victoria. Floodway shows its readings; it does not own or maintain the gauge.

What are the flood levels at Bairns?

The Bureau of Meteorology publishes minor at 5.60 m, moderate at 6.50 m, major at 6.80 m for Mitchell at Bairns. 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 Mitchell has been at Bairns?

The highest reading in Floodway’s record for this gauge is 6.29 m, on 4 July 2025. 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

5.60 m

Moderate

6.50 m

Major

6.80 m

Flood-class provenance: VIC_SLS_current.pdf p.18 — Bairnsdale Gippsland RWMP Automatic