Floodway · New South Wales · Lachlan River

Lachlan River at Lachlan Hillston Wr

Last reading · updated 2 h old412039

0.48 m

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River height at Lachlan Hillston Wr

Lachlan River at Lachlan Hillston Wr last read 0.48 m at Mon, 2 Nov, 2:45 am and has not reported since.

Level0.48 m

Trendsteady

vs normalaround normal

vs minor-1.92 m

River system

Lachlan River →

26 Oct – 2 Nov30 not reportingDot colour is the gauge’s last known flood class — never depth. Hover a gauge for its reading age.

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

Lachlan Condobolin B2 h old1.71 m ▶Lachlan Forbes(Iron)2 h old2.46 m ▶4 Mile2 d old0.45 m

Questions about this gauge

What is the river height at Lachlan Hillston Wr now?: Lachlan River at Lachlan Hillston Wr last read 0.48 m at Mon, 2 Nov, 2:45 am and has not reported since.
Where is the Lachlan Hillston Wr river gauge?: It is gauge 412039 on the Lachlan River, at Lachlan Hillston Wr, New South Wales. Floodway shows its readings; it does not own or maintain the gauge.
What are the flood levels at Lachlan Hillston Wr?: The Bureau of Meteorology publishes minor at 2.40 m, moderate at 2.80 m, major at 3.00 m for Lachlan River at Lachlan Hillston Wr. 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 Lachlan River has been at Lachlan Hillston Wr?: The highest reading in Floodway’s record for this gauge is 1.73 m, on 6 September 2024. 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

Lachlan Hillston Wr (gauge 412039) measures the Lachlan River in New South Wales. The next verified gauge upstream is Lachlan Willandra Wr. 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	2.80 m
Major	3.00 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 2026-09-01, 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: LACHLAN 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 Lachlan Hillston Wr now?

Lachlan River at Lachlan Hillston Wr last read 0.48 m at Mon, 2 Nov, 2:45 am and has not reported since.

Where is the Lachlan Hillston Wr river gauge?

It is gauge 412039 on the Lachlan River, at Lachlan Hillston Wr, New South Wales. Floodway shows its readings; it does not own or maintain the gauge.

What are the flood levels at Lachlan Hillston Wr?

The Bureau of Meteorology publishes minor at 2.40 m, moderate at 2.80 m, major at 3.00 m for Lachlan River at Lachlan Hillston Wr. 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 Lachlan River has been at Lachlan Hillston Wr?

The highest reading in Floodway’s record for this gauge is 1.73 m, on 6 September 2024. 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

2.80 m

Major

3.00 m