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Current Level
-0.280 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
-0.280 m
24h Min
-0.280 m
Typical Range
0.00 - 0.70
m
Highest Recorded
0.79 m
EA official record
0.80 in our data (since Jan 1981)
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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EA forecast (official)
Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. The shaded band is its 10–90% range, widened so that about 80% of recent outcomes fall inside it.
Under evaluation — not yet promoted, so treat as a second opinion.
None of the storm overflows FloodRadar holds is traced upstream of this gauge on the mapped river network. 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. Those nearby are listed below.
Nearby, connection not known
Within 6 km in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water passes this gauge.
Yorkshire Water · into North Sea · 5.8 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
12 spills · 14 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
3 other overflows within 6 km are downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so they are not listed.
These are the water companies' monitor statuses; a spill does not by itself explain a change in the gauge level. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels. Explore the sewage map →
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 Boynton flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 3 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
🌊 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
0.96
groundwater-fed — slow & steady
Avg Annual Rainfall
783 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +4% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
0.2%
largely rural
Highest Daily Mean Flow
6.68 m³/s
7 Jan 2024 · daily mean, not the instantaneous peak
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.
Flat-V weir in a groundwater influenced catchment. Replaced 26004.
More detail
The catchment
Permeable (Chalk) catchment draining northern side of Yorkshire Wolds. Predominantly (more than three quarters) arable and some pasture land use. Topographical and groundwater divides not coincident.
The station
Flat-V weir. Replaced the downstream gauge 26004 (Bridlington).
Flow regime
Baseflow dominated regime; the Gypsey Race ceases to flow during prolonged droughts. Some groundwater abstractions. Flow recorded in Gypsey Race is not representative of the topographic catchment area but of the lower reaches of an ephemeral stream where the groundwater body discharges to the surface. Groundwater recharge also passes to adjacent catchments to the south.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Flat-V weir
Operating since
1981
Station datum
16.8 mAOD
Flow record
1981–2024 · 43 yrs · 99% complete
Hydrometric area
26
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
Frequently asked questions
Is the Gypsey Race at Boynton flooding today?
The current level is -0.28m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Boynton?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.
What is a normal level for the Gypsey Race at Boynton?
The typical range at this station is 0.00m to 0.70m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.70m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.
How often is this river level data updated?
Readings are supplied by the Environment Agency gauge. FloodRadar checks for updates roughly every 15 minutes; the timestamp above shows how recent the latest available reading is.
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