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Halifax

Hebble Brook
Aire and Calder catchment • Halifax • West Yorkshire • ID: L1215 • Level
(29m ago) • 4 readings/hr • 157 views

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Current Level
0.041 m
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.042 m
24h Min
0.037 m
Typical Range
0.02 - 0.50
m
Highest Recorded
1.55 m
EA official record
1.55 in our data (since Dec 2000)
Current level is 3% of this
🚽 Sewage overflows nearby

Recent Water Levels

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Recent Readings

Steady over 5h
08 Oct 20:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.041 m
08 Oct 19:45 ▬ steady 0.040 m
08 Oct 19:30 ▬ steady 0.040 m
08 Oct 19:15 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.040 m
08 Oct 19:00 ▬ steady 0.039 m
08 Oct 18:45 ▬ steady 0.039 m
08 Oct 18:30 ▬ steady 0.039 m
08 Oct 18:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.039 m
08 Oct 18:00 ▬ steady 0.040 m
08 Oct 17:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.040 m
08 Oct 17:30 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.039 m
08 Oct 17:15 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.040 m
08 Oct 17:00 ▬ steady 0.039 m
08 Oct 16:45 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.039 m
08 Oct 16:30 ▬ steady 0.040 m
08 Oct 16:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.040 m
08 Oct 16:00 ▼ -0.1 cm 0.041 m
08 Oct 15:45 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.042 m
08 Oct 15:30 ▲ +0.1 cm 0.041 m
08 Oct 15:15 0.040 m

Station Details

  • Monitoring Station: Halifax
  • Watercourse: Hebble Brook
  • Nearest Town: Halifax
  • County: West Yorkshire
  • Nearest reservoir: Mixenden Ire (2.7 km) · 38.9% full (as of 28 Sep 2026)
  • Coordinates: 53°44'7"N 1°53'38"W (53.735369, -1.893901)
  • Open in: Google Maps · Apple Maps (opens your maps app)
  • Date Opened: 27 Dec 2000
  • Status: Active
  • Station Type: River level station
Technical details: references, datum, range, flow archive
  • Station Reference: L1215
  • RLOI id: 9319 (the EA's check-for-flooding station id)
  • EA Gauge ID: L1215-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: Aire and Calder
  • Typical Range: 0.015 – 0.500 m
  • EA Cross-check: 0.04 m (EA at 8 Oct 19:45)

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

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

💧 Storm overflows upstream of this gauge

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.

4 storm overflows are traced upstream of this gauge, the nearest 600 m away along the river. 0 report discharging now, 3 report not discharging, and for 1 the monitor is offline or has not reported, so their status is not known.

💧
Yorkshire Water · into Hebble Brook · 600 m upstream along the river
5 spills · 5 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Yorkshire Water · into Hebble Brook · 1.3 km upstream along the river
16 spills · 26 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Yorkshire Water · into Hebble Brook · 1.8 km upstream along the river
45 spills · 79 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Yorkshire Water · into Hebble Brook · 3.1 km upstream along the river
43 spills · 123 hours in 2025
No live feed for this overflow

Nearby, connection not known

Within 6 km in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water passes this gauge.

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Yorkshire Water · into Warley Clough Dams · 2.3 km away in a straight line · several watercourses close by, nothing to choose between them
0 spills · 0 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Yorkshire Water · into Tributary Of Shibden Beck · 2.8 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
36 spills · 113 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Yorkshire Water · into Rochdale Canal · 3.1 km away in a straight line · discharges into a canal
7 spills · 7 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Yorkshire Water · into Shibden Brook · 3.2 km away in a straight line · its water cannot be followed on the map
38 spills · 105 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Yorkshire Water · into Red Beck · 3.8 km away in a straight line · its water cannot be followed on the map
4 spills · 6 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Yorkshire Water · into Wyke Beck · 4.5 km away in a straight line · several watercourses close by, nothing to choose between them
62 spills · 311 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Yorkshire Water · into Trib Of Shibden Brook · 4.6 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
14 spills · 15 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last
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Yorkshire Water · into Lumb Brook Culverted · 5.0 km away in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure
2 spills · 5 hours in 2025
Not discharging now · last

5 more within 6 km whose connection is not known.

48 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 0.50 m on about 3 days. This year so far: 0 days.

2026 0 days so far
2025 0 days
2024 3 days
2023 2 days
2022 2 days
2021 3 days
2020 7 days
2019 5 days patchy data
2018 0 days patchy data
2017 0 days patchy data

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 5 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 2.0 km away).

12flood warnings 0flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 1 Jan 2025 — River Ryburn at Ripponden

Year by year
YearWarningsAlerts
2025 2 0
2022 1 0
2021 1 0
2020 5 0
2019 1 0
2015 1 0
2012 1 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 Halifax flood history.

Flood areas linked to this gauge

Flood warnings and alerts are issued for whole areas. These are the 5 areas linked to this gauge, nearest first.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Hebble Brook at Halifax flooding today?

The current level is 0.04m, which is within the typical range of 0.02 to 0.50m. Flooding is unlikely at this level.

Is the river level rising or falling at Halifax?

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

What is a normal level for the Hebble Brook at Halifax?

The typical range at this station is 0.02m to 0.50m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.50m 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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