Swale, Ure, Nidd and Upper Ouse catchment
• Little Ribston • North Yorkshire • ID: F2125 • Level
(38m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 117 views
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Current Level
0.150 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.158 m
24h Min
0.124 m
Typical Range
0.15 - 0.47
m
Highest Recorded
2.98 m
EA official record
1.44 in our data (since Jan 1991)
Current level is 5% 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.
Long Term
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Consecutive rainy days0 → 10+
Days Above Normal
This year vs 5-year monthly range
Recent Readings
Falling · -0.7 cm over 6h
24 Aug 00:30▬ steady0.150 m
24 Aug 00:15▬ steady0.150 m
24 Aug 00:00▬ steady0.150 m
23 Aug 23:45▬ steady0.150 m
23 Aug 23:30▲ +0.1 cm0.150 m
23 Aug 23:15▬ steady0.149 m
23 Aug 23:00▬ steady0.149 m
23 Aug 22:45▼ -0.2 cm0.149 m
23 Aug 21:30▬ steady0.151 m
23 Aug 21:15▬ steady0.151 m
23 Aug 21:00▼ -0.1 cm0.151 m
23 Aug 20:45▼ -0.1 cm0.152 m
23 Aug 20:30▬ steady0.153 m
23 Aug 20:15▼ -0.1 cm0.153 m
23 Aug 20:00▼ -0.1 cm0.154 m
23 Aug 19:45▬ steady0.155 m
23 Aug 19:30▼ -0.1 cm0.155 m
23 Aug 19:15▬ steady0.156 m
23 Aug 19:00▼ -0.1 cm0.156 m
23 Aug 18:450.157 m
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2011 for the 12 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.2 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 Little Ribston 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
🌊 Fairly flashyResponds fairly quickly to rain, with moderate baseflow between events.
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
0.49
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
740 mm/yr
1991–2020 · -4% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
6.9%
partly urbanised
Highest Recorded Flow
89.50 m³/s
26 Dec 2015
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 6%Grassland 56%Arable 26%Urban 12%
About this gauge
Flat-V weir in a largely rural catchment.
More detail
The catchment
Largely rural, apart from the south-eastern half of Harrogate.
The station
Flat-V weir, close to confluence with Nidd.
How it measures flow
Drowns and bypasses in high flows.
Flow regime
Flow regime affected by urban drainage from Harrogate and sewage treatment discharges.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Flat-V weir
Operating since
1991
Station datum
22.0 mAOD
Flow record
2000–2024 · 24 yrs · 100% complete
Hydrometric area
27
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
🚽 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Crimple at Blackstones Farm flooding today?
The current level is 0.15m, which is within the typical range of 0.15 to 0.47m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Blackstones Farm?
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 River Crimple at Blackstones Farm?
The typical range at this station is 0.15m to 0.47m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.47m 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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