Swale, Ure, Nidd and Upper Ouse catchment
• Newton on Ouse • North Yorkshire • ID: F2480 • Level
(53m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 126 views
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Current Level
0.162 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.172 m
24h Min
0.162 m
Typical Range
0.15 - 3.32
m
Highest Recorded
6.27 m
29 Dec 2015
Since May 1979
Current level is 3% 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
Steady over 6h
24 Aug 00:15▬ steady0.162 m
24 Aug 00:00▬ steady0.162 m
23 Aug 23:45▬ steady0.162 m
23 Aug 23:30▬ steady0.162 m
23 Aug 23:15▬ steady0.162 m
23 Aug 23:00▬ steady0.162 m
23 Aug 22:45▬ steady0.162 m
23 Aug 22:30▬ steady0.162 m
23 Aug 21:15▬ steady0.162 m
23 Aug 21:00▼ -0.1 cm0.162 m
23 Aug 20:45▬ steady0.163 m
23 Aug 20:30▬ steady0.163 m
23 Aug 20:15▬ steady0.163 m
23 Aug 20:00▬ steady0.163 m
23 Aug 19:45▬ steady0.163 m
23 Aug 19:30▬ steady0.163 m
23 Aug 19:15▬ steady0.163 m
23 Aug 19:00▬ steady0.163 m
23 Aug 18:45▬ steady0.163 m
23 Aug 18:300.163 m
Rainfall & Weather
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2011 for the 9 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 1.0 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 Newton on Ouse 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
🌊 Mixed responseA balance of quick runoff and slower groundwater baseflow.
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
0.52
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
660 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +4% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
1.0%
largely rural
Highest Recorded Flow
260 m³/s
29 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 4%Grassland 32%Arable 61%Urban 3%
Arable 71% → 61% since 1990
Flow affected by: groundwater abstraction.
Photos
Gauging-station photographs from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Flat-V weir gauging a flat rural catchment near York.
More detail
The catchment
Flat, rural catchment draining part of Vale of York. Bedrock geology is primarily Sandstones and mudstones with superficial deposits of sands and gravels, moderate to high permeability.
The station
Flat V gauging weir, built 1978, gauging rural catchment close to confluence with the River Ouse. Concrete flat V weir 6m wide with 1:10 side slopes and vertical sheet-piled wing walls. Instrument kiosk on left bank with upstream and downstream level recorders in stilling wells. Eel tiles added to weir face in 2014.
How it measures flow
Weir drowns in high flows due to backwater from the Ouse confluence a short distance downstream, flows above 1.6 m3/s should be discounted. Theoretical modular weir rating supported by check gaugings.
Flow regime
Relatively slow response from a flat, moderately permeable, agricultural catchment. Some artificial influences from agricultural abstraction and sewage treatment works discharges, slight net increase to natural flows.
The flow record
Missing data 02/07/2014 - 13/07/2014 due to installation of eel tiles, unable to infill gap.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Flat-V weir
Operating since
1979
Station datum
5.7 mAOD
Flow record
1979–2024 · 45 yrs · 99% 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 Kyle at Newton on Ouse flooding today?
The current level is 0.16m, which is within the typical range of 0.15 to 3.32m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Newton on Ouse?
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 Kyle at Newton on Ouse?
The typical range at this station is 0.15m to 3.32m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 3.32m 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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