Swale, Ure, Nidd and Upper Ouse catchment
• Hunsingore • North Yorkshire • ID: F2104 • Level
(32m ago) • 3 readings/hr • 152 views
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Current Level
0.085 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.087 m
24h Min
0.082 m
Typical Range
0.08 - 0.70
m
Highest Recorded
3.06 m
EA official record
2.53 in our data (since Oct 1966)
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
Rising · +0.2 cm over 6h
23 Aug 23:15▬ steady0.085 m
23 Aug 23:00▲ +0.1 cm0.085 m
23 Aug 22:45▬ steady0.084 m
23 Aug 21:30▬ steady0.084 m
23 Aug 21:15▬ steady0.084 m
23 Aug 21:00▬ steady0.084 m
23 Aug 20:45▬ steady0.084 m
23 Aug 20:30▬ steady0.084 m
23 Aug 20:15▬ steady0.084 m
23 Aug 20:00▲ +0.1 cm0.084 m
23 Aug 19:45▬ steady0.083 m
23 Aug 19:30▬ steady0.083 m
23 Aug 19:15▬ steady0.083 m
23 Aug 19:00▬ steady0.083 m
23 Aug 18:45▬ steady0.083 m
23 Aug 18:30▬ steady0.083 m
23 Aug 18:15▬ steady0.083 m
23 Aug 18:00▬ steady0.083 m
23 Aug 17:45▬ steady0.083 m
23 Aug 17:300.083 m
Rainfall & Weather
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2011 for the 11 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.1 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 Hunsingore 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
0.41
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
1,017 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +5% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
3.2%
partly urbanised
Median Annual Flood
116 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Recorded Flow
235 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.
Broad-crested masonry mill weir influenced by headwater reservoirs at low flows.
More detail
The catchment
Mostly moderately permeable. Upper Carboniferous Millstone Grit series down to Knaresborough, where Carboniferous Goredale rocks form an inlier. Magnesian Limestone lies on top of the Grits, dipping east, followed by general drift cover below Knaresborough. Just under half of the catchment is overlain by superficial deposits. Predominantly rural; half grassland with moorland headwaters and arable in lower valley which is flat and the river meandering. No known catchment changes.
The station
Broad-crested masonry mill weir (49.8m wide) placed diagonally across the river, with a cableway d/s at Cowthorpe. Station intended to be replaced by full-range ultrasonic gauge at Skip Bridge (27062) but remains open due to the value of the long record.
How it measures flow
Insensitive weir due to width. Broad crest prone to collecting debris. Weir drowns in the mid-range, and is by-passed at the highest levels (beginning at 2.41m). Cableway 1km downstream at Cowthorpe, also by-passed and drowned in extreme flows. Multiple peak flow ratings apply across period of record, different lower limbs have been used for periods when opening of by-pass sluice gate affected flows. Hydraulic modelling gives more confidence to post October 1966 ratings, but caution is advised. Level measurement by shaft encoder and bubbler. Flood Studies Report grade A2.
Flow regime
Opening and closing of mill race sluices has occurred but was unlikely to have affected high flows. Regulatory effect of headwater reservoirs (Angram, Scar House and Gouthwaite) is evident at low flows. Gouthwaite controls 24% of the catchment and has a significant impact in low flow periods. Mill operation evident in the early record. Overall net export of water.
The flow record
Flows in pre-digital period cannot be reprocessed and therefore peak flows are marked as rejected. Operation of by-pass sluice in the 1980s caused difficulties; flows subsequently revised. No data for June 1984 - March 1985 due to site works. Flows from 1966 onwards have all been re-processed with revised ratings, earlier peaks (notably 1946, 1965) still rely on old ratings and likely to be overestimated. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2020 (WINFAP Files v9).
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Gauging structure
Operating since
1934
Station datum
18.1 mAOD
Flow record
1935–2024 · 89 yrs · 96% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1934
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 Nidd at Hunsingore flooding today?
The current level is 0.09m, which is within the typical range of 0.08 to 0.70m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Hunsingore?
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 Nidd at Hunsingore?
The typical range at this station is 0.08m 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 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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