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Hensall Ings

Wheelan Dyke 🌊 Tidal
Aire and Calder catchment • North Yorkshire • ID: L1811 • 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.
⚙ Tidally influenced - confirmed by cross-correlation with a nearby tide gauge (auto-classifier missed it). Excluded from rising-rivers rankings and the prediction models.
(30m ago) • 3 readings/hr • 50 views

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Current Level
-0.493 m?
▼ Easing
24h Max
-0.463 m
24h Min
-0.493 m
Typical Range
-0.61 - 3.10
m
Measured rhythm
every 12.4 hours · about 5 cm
Highest Recorded
4.59 m
EA official record
4.59 in our data (since Nov 2000)
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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1 day

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 · -1 cm over 5h
28 Oct 06:45 ▼ -0.3 cm -0.493 m
28 Oct 06:30 ▬ steady -0.490 m
28 Oct 06:00 ▬ steady -0.490 m
28 Oct 05:45 ▼ -0.2 cm -0.490 m
28 Oct 05:15 ▬ steady -0.488 m
28 Oct 05:00 ▬ steady -0.488 m
28 Oct 04:45 ▬ steady -0.488 m
28 Oct 04:30 ▬ steady -0.488 m
28 Oct 04:15 ▬ steady -0.488 m
28 Oct 04:00 ▼ -0.2 cm -0.488 m
28 Oct 03:45 ▬ steady -0.486 m
28 Oct 03:30 ▼ -0.2 cm -0.486 m
28 Oct 03:15 ▬ steady -0.484 m
28 Oct 03:00 ▬ steady -0.484 m
28 Oct 02:45 ▬ steady -0.484 m
28 Oct 02:30 ▼ -0.1 cm -0.484 m
28 Oct 02:15 ▬ steady -0.483 m
28 Oct 02:00 ▬ steady -0.483 m
28 Oct 01:45 ▬ steady -0.483 m
28 Oct 01:30 -0.483 m

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Hensall Ings
  • Watercourse: Wheelan Dyke
  • County: North Yorkshire
  • Coordinates: 53°42'36"N 1°4'55"W (53.709879, -1.081836)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 25 Nov 2000
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: L1811
  • RLOI id: 9036 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: L1811-level-stage-i-15_min-m
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: m?
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: 🌊 Yes — levels follow the tide
  • Distance to the sea: about 61 km by river (estimated along OS Open Rivers)
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Aire and Calder
  • Typical Range: -0.607 – 3.100 m
  • EA Cross-check: -0.49 m (EA at 28 Oct 06:45)

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

Nearby Stations

Gauges connected to this river, and others nearby. A distance “by river” follows the river on the map; any other is in a straight line.

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Nearby

Distances by river: OS Open Rivers. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

💧 Storm overflows upstream of this gauge

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 River Aire · 1.6 km away in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways
19 spills · 111 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Yorkshire Water · into Ings And Tetherings Drain · 2.2 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
3 spills · 22 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Yorkshire Water · into Tidal River Aire · 2.3 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
30 spills · 76 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Yorkshire Water · into River Aire · 3.3 km away in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways
3 spills · 27 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Yorkshire Water · into Tidal River Aire · 3.3 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
💧
Yorkshire Water · into River Ouse · 3.5 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
13 spills · 20 hours in 2025
No live feed for this overflow
💧
Yorkshire Water · into River Ouse · 3.5 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
10 spills · 7 hours in 2025
No live feed for this overflow
💧
Yorkshire Water · into Hagg Bush Dike · 3.8 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
14 spills · 41 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

4 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.

1 other overflow within 6 km is downstream of this gauge or on another branch of the river network, so it is 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. Sewage & storm overflows →

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Rainfall & Weather

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How often this river runs high

In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 3.10 m on about 6 days. This year so far: 0 days.

2026 0 days so far
2025 0 days patchy data
2024 4 days patchy data
2023 0 days patchy data
2022 7 days
2021 7 days
2020 21 days
2019 2 days
2018 0 days
2017 0 days

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out, so a year marked patchy may have run high more often than shown.

Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2012 for the 1 flood area linked to this gauge (nearest 7.5 km away).

0flood warnings 43flood alerts

Most recent flood alert: 6 Feb 2026 — River Went catchment

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 1
2025 0 3
2024 0 6
2023 0 6
2022 0 2
2021 0 4
2020 0 3
2019 0 5
2018 0 3
2016 0 5
2015 0 1
2013 0 1
2012 0 3

Warnings apply to a whole flood area, not necessarily this exact spot. Years before 2006 aren't covered by the EA's historic record.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. This is the area linked to this gauge, nearest first.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Wheelan Dyke at Hensall Ings flooding today?

The current level is -0.49m, which is within the typical range of -0.61 to 3.10m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Hensall Ings?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently falling slightly. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.

Why is the level slowly falling?

When little or no rain has fallen for a while, a river level gradually drops as the water stored in the ground and soil drains away with nothing to replace it. This is called baseflow recession and is normal in dry spells. Only about 0.0mm of rain has fallen nearby in the last 7 days, so the flow is being sustained mainly by groundwater. A gentle decline like this is expected and is not a sign of a problem — downstream gauges often recede a little faster than headwaters further upstream, and levels recover once rain returns.

What is a normal level for the Wheelan Dyke at Hensall Ings?

The typical range at this station is -0.61m to 3.10m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 3.10m 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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