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Hessle

Fleet Drain 🌊 Tidal ⚙ Structure
Hull and East Riding catchment • Hessle • East Riding of Yorkshire • ID: L3211 • Level
This gauge is tidally influenced — levels rise and fall with each tide, so rapid changes here are normal and don't necessarily indicate flooding.
(27m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 197 views

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Current Level
0.865 mASD
Trend unavailable
24h Max
1.753 mASD
24h Min
0.789 mASD
Typical Range
0.69 - 3.00
mASD
Highest Recorded
3.85 mASD
EA official record
A 7.36 reading (10 Sep 2015) sits in our unverified raw history and is not treated as the record
Current level is 22% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Flood predictions aren't generated for tidal gauges — their levels are driven by the tide, not by catchment rainfall, so the forecast models would have no skill here.

Recent Readings

Falling · -73 cm over 5h
10 Sep 10:30 ▼ -0.7 cm 0.865 mASD
10 Sep 10:15 ▼ -0.9 cm 0.872 mASD
10 Sep 10:00 ▼ -2 cm 0.881 mASD
10 Sep 09:45 ▼ -3 cm 0.896 mASD
10 Sep 09:30 ▼▼ -6 cm 0.924 mASD
10 Sep 09:15 ▼▼ -48 cm 0.988 mASD
10 Sep 08:45 ▼▼ -23 cm 1.467 mASD
10 Sep 08:30 ▼ -2 cm 1.699 mASD
10 Sep 08:15 ▼ -1 cm 1.719 mASD
10 Sep 08:00 ▼ -1 cm 1.733 mASD
10 Sep 07:45 ▼ -0.7 cm 1.744 mASD
10 Sep 07:30 ▼ -0.2 cm 1.751 mASD
10 Sep 07:15 ▲ +0.5 cm 1.753 mASD
10 Sep 07:00 ▲ +1 cm 1.748 mASD
10 Sep 06:45 ▲ +2 cm 1.734 mASD
10 Sep 06:30 ▲ +2 cm 1.716 mASD
10 Sep 06:15 ▲ +3 cm 1.693 mASD
10 Sep 06:00 ▲ +3 cm 1.665 mASD
10 Sep 05:45 ▲ +4 cm 1.633 mASD
10 Sep 05:30 1.594 mASD

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2007 for the 23 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.3 km away).

4severe warnings 94flood warnings 54flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 7 Oct 2025North Bank of the Humber estuary at Hessle Haven

Year by year
YearSevereWarningsAlerts
2026 0 0 2
2025 0 4 8
2024 0 16 8
2023 0 7 23
2022 0 5 6
2021 0 6 3
2020 0 19 0
2019 0 4 1
2018 0 2 0
2017 0 7 0
2015 0 4 0
2014 0 5 0
2013 3 12 0
2012 0 0 2
2011 0 1 1
2007 1 2 0

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 Hessle flood history.

Nearby Stations

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Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Hessle
  • Watercourse: Fleet Drain
  • Nearest Town: Hessle
  • County: East Riding of Yorkshire
  • Coordinates: 53°43'9"N 0°26'3"W (53.719075, -0.434087)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 31 Mar 1996
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station (multi-sensor)
  • Station Reference: L3211
  • EA Gauge ID: L3211-level-stage-i-15_min-mASD
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: mASD
  • Typical rise rate: 100 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: 🌊 Yes — levels follow the tide
  • Lock / structure: ⚙ Yes — lock, weir, sluice or pump
  • Catchment Area: Hull and East Riding
  • Datum: -0.059m AOD
  • Typical Range: 0.689 – 3.000 mASD
  • EA Cross-check: 0.87 mASD (EA at 10 Sep 10:15)

Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Fleet Drain at Hessle flooding today?

The current level is 0.87m, which is within the typical range of 0.69 to 3.00m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

What is a normal level for the Fleet Drain at Hessle?

The typical range at this station is 0.69m to 3.00m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 3.00m 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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