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Wheelan Dyke water levels

1 gauge, at Hensall Ings. Gauges in North Yorkshire; levels are checked every 15 minutes.

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Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Hensall Ingstidal Sign in to save—-0.53 m 21m agoWithin its typical range—

Stations are listed from source to mouth as the water flows, traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers) and the Environment Agency’s own links between its gauges. A distance “by river” is along the river, and is shown only where the map traces the path.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins Wheelan Dyke above one of its gauges, from the source down. The river map knows where gauges are, not every stream, so a tributary without a gauge is not listed here.

1 gauged tributary, 1 gauge

Roall Dyke

Joins Wheelan Dyke above Hensall Ings, its highest gauge, no more than 5.5 km by river above Hensall Ings.

Roall IngsSign in to save0.72 m 21m agoWithin its typical range

Its water passes every gauge on Wheelan Dyke, from Hensall Ings down.

Where Wheelan Dyke goes

Below Hensall Ings, its water next reaches Carlton Bridge, a gauge on River Aire, 5.8 km by river downstream.

Tributaries and where they join are traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers, edition 2026-10) and the Environment Agency’s links between its gauges. The map holds distances between gauges, not the junctions themselves, so a junction is placed between two gauges, and no further up than the tributary’s own lowest gauge. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Storm overflows upstream

None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of Hensall Ings on the river map. That is not the same as none: the map leaves out many small streams and culverts, so an overflow it cannot place may still drain here, and not every company publishes every overflow.

Near these gauges, connection not known

Within 3 km of one of Wheelan Dyke’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.

  • Chapel Haddlesey WwTW Not discharging Sign in to save
    Yorkshire Water · into River Aire · 1.6 km from Hensall Ings in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 19 spills, 111 h
  • Eggborough STW Not discharging Sign in to save
    Yorkshire Water · into Ings And Tetherings Drain · 2.2 km from Hensall Ings in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 3 spills, 22 h
  • Gowdall Pumping Station CSO Not discharging Sign in to save
    Yorkshire Water · into Tidal River Aire · 2.3 km from Hensall Ings in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water · 2025: 30 spills, 76 h

A status is the water company’s own monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, never how much or why, and a spill does not by itself explain a change in a river level. A status older than two hours is shown as unknown. Annual figures are the official returns: 12/24-hour spills for England and Wales, overflow events for Scotland (Scottish Water counts differently, so the two cannot be compared). “No data” means the monitor produced no usable data that year, not zero. Overflows are placed on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-10), which leaves out many small channels: an overflow the map cannot place may still drain here. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Sewage in Britain’s rivers →

Live status: © Yorkshire Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Annual figures for England: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Water samples

Dated samples taken by the Environment Agency, not live readings. Results are published days to months after the sample is taken, and many points are sampled only a few times a year, or have not been sampled for years.

4 sampling points on the Wheelan Dyke and the streams that join it above Hensall Ings. 0 have a sample from the last 12 months; 1 has any sample banked. Listed from the source down, grouped by the next gauge each one's water reaches.

Above Roall Ings Roall Dyke 1 point
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Marsh Drain at Beal CarrMarsh Drain1.3 km11 Dec 2024 · 23 months agoOxygen 54.4%Temp 6.8 °CpH 7.31Ammonia 0.25 mg/l
Above Hensall Ings Wheelan Dyke 3 points, 0 with samples
Sampling pointWatercourse (map)Above the gaugeLast sampleLatest results (river water)
Ings & Tetherings Drain By Eggborough Power Stationunnamed stream3.0 kmLast sampled 17 Oct 2000, before the imported period
Ings & Tethering Drain below Ings Lane sewage treatment worksunnamed stream2.3 kmLast sampled 17 Oct 2000, before the imported period
Ings and Tetherings Drain below Beck DrainIngs and Tetherings Drain1.3 kmLast sampled 7 Feb 2007, before the imported period

Distances are along the river to the gauge named. England's samples only.

FloodRadar does not grade these results: there is no overall score, and official river classifications are a separate dataset. A sample taken downstream of an overflow does not by itself show where anything in it came from. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-10), which leaves out many small channels.

Water samples: Environment Agency Water Quality Archive, © Environment Agency and/or database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Documented floods on the Wheelan Dyke

None documented in these sources (the BHS Chronology of British Hydrological Events). That is not evidence that no flood happened: this is a collection of written accounts, and a place counts only where its name could be matched with confidence.

Source: British Hydrological Society chronology ↗