Wharfe and Lower Ouse catchment
• Selby • North Yorkshire • ID: L2401A • 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.
(21m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 133 views
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Current Level
1.779 mAOD
Trend unavailable
24h Max
4.411 mAOD
24h Min
0.256 mAOD
Typical Range
0.36 - 5.00
mAOD
Highest Recorded
6.34 mAOD
EA official record
6.34 in our data (since Feb 2002)
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Recent Water Levels
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EA forecast (official)
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.
Storm overflows whose water reaches this gauge on the mapped river network, nearest first by distance along the river. The status is each water company's monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, not how much or what it contains.
293 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 10.1 km away along the river. 1 reports discharging now, 278 report not discharging, and for 14 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.
Yorkshire Water · into Garmancarr Dike · 3.0 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
25 spills · 88 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
7 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.
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 →
In a typical year this gauge reaches its typical high of 5.00 m
on about 17 days.
This year so far: 3 days.
20263 days so far
202511 days
202422 days, 7 of them high · 7 high
202322 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
202216 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
202118 days, 3 of them high · 3 high
202024 days, 11 of them high · 11 high
201920 days, 6 of them high · 6 high
201816 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
20172 days
Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out.
The darker part is days above 5.48 m, the level this gauge tops only a few days a year.
Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2011 for the 8 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.8 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 Selby flood history.
Flood areas linked to this gauge
Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 8 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.
Is the River Ouse at Selby Westmill flooding today?
The current level is 1.78m, which is within the typical range of 0.36 to 5.00m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.
What is a normal level for the River Ouse at Selby Westmill?
The typical range at this station is 0.36m to 5.00m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 5.00m 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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