Grimsby and Ancholme catchment
• Brigsley • North East Lincolnshire • ID: E1013 • Level
(35m ago) • 3 readings/hr • 182 views
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Current Level
0.069 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.073 mASD
24h Min
0.060 mASD
Typical Range
0.07 - 0.61
mASD
Highest Recorded
1.25 mASD
EA official record
1.18 in our data (since Nov 2012)
Current level is 6% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. Shown with its calibrated 10–90% confidence band. Under evaluation —
not yet promoted, so treat as a second opinion.
River Flow
90 days
Daily mean discharge (m³/s) with the daily min–max band, from the EA Hydrology API. Flow is the volume of water passing the gauge — often a more direct flood signal than level.
Long Term
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Consecutive rainy days0 → 10+
Days Above Normal
This year vs 5-year monthly range
Recent Readings
Rising · +0.9 cm over 6h
23 Aug 23:15▼ -0.1 cm0.069 mASD
23 Aug 23:00▬ steady0.070 mASD
23 Aug 22:45▼ -0.3 cm0.070 mASD
23 Aug 21:30▬ steady0.073 mASD
23 Aug 21:15▬ steady0.073 mASD
23 Aug 21:00▲ +0.1 cm0.073 mASD
23 Aug 20:45▲ +0.1 cm0.072 mASD
23 Aug 20:30▲ +0.2 cm0.071 mASD
23 Aug 20:15▲ +0.4 cm0.069 mASD
23 Aug 20:00▲ +0.3 cm0.065 mASD
23 Aug 19:45▲ +0.1 cm0.062 mASD
23 Aug 19:30▲ +0.1 cm0.061 mASD
23 Aug 19:15▬ steady0.060 mASD
23 Aug 19:00▬ steady0.060 mASD
23 Aug 18:45▬ steady0.060 mASD
23 Aug 18:30▬ steady0.060 mASD
23 Aug 18:15▬ steady0.060 mASD
23 Aug 18:00▬ steady0.060 mASD
23 Aug 17:45▬ steady0.060 mASD
23 Aug 17:300.060 mASD
Rainfall & Weather
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2007 for the 13 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.1 km away).
Warnings apply to a whole flood area, not necessarily this exact spot. Years before 2006 aren't covered by the EA's historic record.
See also the Brigsley flood history.
Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.
Catchment Character
🌊 Groundwater-fedSlow and steady — fed largely by groundwater, so levels change gradually, not in sudden spikes.
Your catchment is all the land that drains rainfall into the river above this gauge. Its character — how
steep, wet, wooded, urban or chalky that land is — decides how fast rain here turns into a rising river. A steep, bare or clay
catchment is “flashy” (rises and falls quickly, floods easily); a flat, chalk or well-wooded one is
slow and steady. The tiles below put numbers to that; the flow-duration curve reads left-to-right
from the river’s typical high flows (Q5) down to its low flows (Q95) — a steep curve means a flashy river.
The physical character of the land that drains to this gauge, and how it shapes its flood response — from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Baseflow Index
0.88
groundwater-fed — slow & steady
Avg Annual Rainfall
715 mm/yr
1991–2020 · -2% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.6%
largely rural
Median Annual Flood
2.04 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Recorded Flow
6.42 m³/s
25 Jun 2007
Flow-Duration Curve
Daily flow (m³/s) exceeded each % of the time — a steep curve is flashy, a flat one is steady. Q5 high · Q50 median · Q95 low.
Land Cover (2023)
Woodland 3%Grassland 14%Arable 81%Urban 2%
Arable 86% → 81% since 1990
Flow affected by: public water supply, groundwater abstraction, effluent returns, industrial / agricultural abstraction.
Photos
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Structure is able to contain all flows, gauging a rural, predominantly Chalk, catchment with significant artificial influences.
More detail
The catchment
Predominantly Chalk catchment with rural (mainly arable) land use.
The station
Broad trapezoidal flume (1.83m wide at base) with theoretical rating confirmed to 0.9 cumecs. All recorded flows have been contained within the structure.
How it measures flow
Theoretical rating applied across period of record.
Flow regime
Groundwater abstraction near Grimsby and irrigation abstractions have significant effect on low flows. Also abstractions for PWS and industry. Runoff increased by effluent returns.
The flow record
Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in October 2018 (WINFAP Files v7).
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Flume
Operating since
1960
Station datum
15.7 mAOD
Flow record
1960–2024 · 64 yrs · 100% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1960
Hydrometric area
29
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
🚽 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the Waithe Beck at Brigsley flooding today?
The current level is 0.07m, which is within the typical range of 0.07 to 0.61m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Brigsley?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. The chart above shows the last 7 days of measurements, updated roughly every 15 minutes.
What is a normal level for the Waithe Beck at Brigsley?
The typical range at this station is 0.07m to 0.61m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.61m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.
How often is this river level data updated?
Readings are taken by the Environment Agency gauge roughly every 15 minutes and FloodRadar refreshes its data continuously, so the level shown is normally less than an hour old.
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