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Stockton Hartburn Bridge

Hartburn Beck
Tees catchment • Hartburn • Stockton-on-Tees • ID: L3937 • Level
(33m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 132 views

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Current Level
0.438 m
▼ Easing
24h Max
0.504 m
24h Min
0.436 m
Typical Range
0.41 - 1.25
m
Highest Recorded
2.94 m
EA official record
2.94 in our data (since Dec 1997)
Current level is 15% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Falling · -1 cm over 5h
10 Oct 05:15 ▬ steady 0.438 m
10 Oct 05:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.438 m
10 Oct 04:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.439 m
10 Oct 04:30 ▬ steady 0.440 m
10 Oct 04:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.440 m
10 Oct 04:00 ▬ steady 0.441 m
10 Oct 03:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.441 m
10 Oct 03:30 ▬ steady 0.442 m
10 Oct 03:15 ▬ steady 0.442 m
10 Oct 03:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.442 m
10 Oct 02:45 ▬ steady 0.443 m
10 Oct 02:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.443 m
10 Oct 02:15 ▬ steady 0.444 m
10 Oct 02:00 ▬ steady 0.444 m
10 Oct 01:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.444 m
10 Oct 01:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.445 m
10 Oct 01:15 ▬ steady 0.446 m
10 Oct 01:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.446 m
10 Oct 00:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.447 m
10 Oct 00:30 0.448 m

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Stockton Hartburn Bridge
  • Watercourse: Hartburn Beck
  • Nearest Town: Hartburn
  • County: Stockton-on-Tees
  • Coordinates: 54°32'60"N 1°21'56"W (54.549990, -1.365536)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 24 Dec 1997
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: L3937
  • RLOI id: 8363 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: L3937-level-stage-i-15_min-m
  • Parameter: Level
  • Unit: m
  • Typical rise rate: 2 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
  • Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
  • Tidal: No
  • Lock / structure: No
  • Catchment Area: Tees
  • Typical Range: 0.413 – 1.250 m
  • EA Cross-check: 0.44 m (EA at 10 Oct 05:15)

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

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.

💧
Northumbrian Water · into Hartburn Beck Tributary · 1.5 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
6 spills · 2 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Northumbrian Water · into Trib Of Hartburn Beck · 2.0 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Northumbrian Water · into Greens Beck · 2.1 km away in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it
7 spills · 16 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Northumbrian Water · into Longnewton Beck-(Tees Catchmnt · 2.3 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
8 spills · 64 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Northumbrian Water · into Longnewton Beck · 2.3 km away in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map
28 spills · 121 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Northumbrian Water · into Tees Estuary · 2.6 km away in a straight line · discharges to the sea, an estuary or tidal water
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now
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Northumbrian Water · into Trib Of River Tees · 2.8 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Northumbrian Water · into Unnamed Trib Of Lustrum Beck · 2.8 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

25 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.

32 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 →

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 1.25 m on about 10 days. This year so far: 4 days.

2026 4 days, 1 of them high · 1 high so far
2025 8 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
2024 16 days, 8 of them high · 8 high
2023 21 days, 5 of them high · 5 high
2022 4 days, 1 of them high · 1 high
2021 14 days, 8 of them high · 8 high
2020 8 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
2019 10 days, 4 of them high · 4 high
2018 8 days, 2 of them high · 2 high
2017 3 days

Counted from each day's highest reading. Days with missing or implausible readings are left out. The darker part is days above 1.64 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 10 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 2.3 km away).

6flood warnings 85flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 9 Feb 2020 — River Tees at Low Dinsdale

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2026 0 5
2025 0 3
2024 0 12
2023 0 11
2022 0 2
2021 0 3
2020 1 5
2019 0 8
2018 0 3
2017 0 3
2016 0 4
2015 3 12
2014 0 1
2013 0 5
2012 1 7
2011 1 1

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 Hartburn flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 10 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

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Rain upstream

This gauge has no rain model of its own, but it usually follows Easby: when about 10mm of rain falls near Easby in 6h, this gauge usually starts rising about 2 hours later.

Recent rain upstream: 0mm/6h — below Easby's usual trigger.

Record: this held 5 of 5 times (past storms) · rain gauge: Rainfall station

Experimental, from historical rain and river data. Not an official flood warning.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Hartburn Beck at Stockton Hartburn Bridge flooding today?

The current level is 0.44m, which is within the typical range of 0.41 to 1.25m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Stockton Hartburn Bridge?

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. 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 Hartburn Beck at Stockton Hartburn Bridge?

The typical range at this station is 0.41m to 1.25m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 1.25m 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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