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Conditions are worth watching: heavy rain has fallen nearby (19.7 mm in the last 24 hours at Rainfall station). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Updated 2026-10-09 13:01:14 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Stainland Board Mills is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Black Brook, in West Yorkshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes.
Towns and villages near Stainland Board Mills with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The nearest watercourse on the river map is Black Brook, about 10 m from the middle of Stainland Board Mills's gauges. It flows into the River Calder about 5.3 km downstream.
A gauge downstream shows water that has already passed this point; one upstream sees it first. Distances along the river are from the point on Black Brook nearest the middle of Stainland Board Mills's gauges. From Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers), which leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts, so a nearer one may exist. This describes where water goes on the map; it says nothing about flooding at any address. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
Stainland Board Mills is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the Black Brook, in West Yorkshire. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The Black Brook is monitored by 1 station (Stainland Board Mills). Each station records water levels continuously, with data synced to FloodRadar every 5 minutes.
There are 8 Environment Agency flood warning areas within 10km of Stainland Board Mills. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: Properties surrounding Bowers Mill and along Beestonley Lane, Dog Lane, Firth House Meadows, Steele Lane and Berry Mill Lane; Ripponden, including Ripponden Wood and Triangle; Copley Village including the Cricket Ground, Copley Drive, Copley Lane, Lydbrook Park, Railway Terrace and the Sewage Treatment Works; Elland including North Dean Business Park, the sports ground and Park Road.
There are 53 storm overflows within 5km of Stainland Board Mills. None of the 52 with a reporting monitor are currently discharging (1 has no live status right now). Enable "Sewage" on the map above to see their locations.
6 of them, nearest first, with their own page of live status and past discharges:
If flooding is forecast in Stainland Board Mills, call Floodline on 0345 988 1188 for the latest information. Move valuables upstairs, turn off gas and electricity if safe to do so, and avoid walking or driving through flood water. Sign up for flood warnings on any station page above to receive email alerts when water levels rise. For emergency numbers, a preparation checklist and insurance guidance, see our flood help & preparation guide.
Stainland Board Mills gets about 1,234 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 144 mm; driest May, 75 mm). That is close to the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. See the rain gauges →
A thirty-year average for the area, not a forecast and not a flood risk on its own. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.9 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of the town centre — most recent first. These are records of mapped extents, not a full list of floods. See them on the map →
Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.
Current verdict: Watch. Conditions are worth watching: heavy rain has fallen nearby (19.7 mm in the last 24 hours at Rainfall station). Keep an eye on updates if heavy rain continues.
Stainland Board Mills has river level monitoring on Black Brook — 1 monitoring station in total.
Use the GOV.UK Check for Flooding service (check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk) or call Floodline on 0345 988 1188 (24 hours). You can also set up free FloodRadar email or browser alerts from any station page above.
Follow official advice: move valuables and vehicles to safety, never walk or drive through flood water, turn off gas and electricity if safe, and check on vulnerable neighbours. See our flood preparation guide at floodradar.co.uk/flood-help.
Yes — the Environment Agency's Recorded Flood Outlines dataset shows 29 recorded flood extents around the town centre since 1703, most recently in 2022. That is a count of mapped extents, not of separate floods. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See the flood history link below.
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