Howden Burn at Track
EA name: HOWDEN BURN AT TRACK
Environment Agency sampling point NE-44100440 · Freshwater - rivers · listed as open (“open” does not mean it is sampled now)
These are samples taken on a date, not live readings of the river. Results reach the Environment Agency's archive days to months after the sample is taken, so the newest here may be weeks or months old. FloodRadar does not grade them.
Where and when
- Last sampled
- 19 Dec 2023, 12:242.8 years ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone). Not sampled since, as far as the archive shows: the Environment Agency was asked up to 30 Sep 2026 and had nothing newer.
- Samples banked
- 3 since 13 Oct 2023 Imported periods: 1 Oct 2023 – 30 Sep 2026. Samples outside them are not shown here.
- Latest sample
- River / running surface water Monitoring (national agency policy)
- Where
- National Grid 399869, 533389As published, to the nearest 1 m. Open in a map
- River, by its own name
- Howden Burn
- River, by the map
- Howden BurnPlaced on the river its name gives, 225 m from the line.
- Next gauge downstream
- Witton Park On the River Wear · 24 km along the river
- Why it was sampled
- Monitoring (national agency policy) (3 samples)
Main measurements, river water
pH
code 0061
7.17
Sampled 19 Dec 2023, 2.8 years ago · 3 results banked
Every result (3)
| Sampled | Result as published | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2023, 12:24 | 7.17 | 7.17 |
| 29 Nov 2023, 13:40 | 7.04 | 7.04 |
| 13 Oct 2023, 15:35 | 7.47 | 7.47 |
Everything measured here
11 determinands, each kept by its code, unit and sample material: results in different units or on different materials are never mixed. A “below” result is under the laboratory's detection limit, not zero.
Show all 11 rows
| Determinand | Material | Results | First – last | Latest result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH 0061 | River water | 3 | Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 | 7.17 19 Dec 2023 |
| Aluminium, Dissolved 6037 | River water | 3 | Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 | 110 µg/l 19 Dec 2023 |
| Cadmium, Dissolved 0106 | River water | 3 | Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 | 0.025 µg/l 19 Dec 2023 |
| Calcium, Dissolved 0239 | River water | 3 | Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 | 2.9 mg/l 19 Dec 2023 |
| Carbon, Organic, Dissolved as C :- {DOC} 0301 | River water | 3 | Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 | 4 mg/l 19 Dec 2023 |
| Chromium, Dissolved 3409 | River water | 3 | Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 | below 0.5 µg/l 19 Dec 2023 |
| Copper, Dissolved 6450 | River water | 3 | Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 | 0.9 µg/l 19 Dec 2023 |
| Lead, Dissolved 0052 | River water | 3 | Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 | 1.9 µg/l 19 Dec 2023 |
| Magnesium, Dissolved 0235 | River water | 3 | Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 | 1.3 mg/l 19 Dec 2023 |
| Nickel, Dissolved 3410 | River water | 3 | Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 | 2.6 µg/l 19 Dec 2023 |
| Zinc, Dissolved 3408 | River water | 3 | Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 | 4.2 µg/l 19 Dec 2023 |
FloodRadar does not grade these results: there is no overall score, and official river classifications are a separate dataset. A sample taken downstream of an overflow does not by itself show where anything in it came from. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels.
Water samples: Environment Agency Water Quality Archive, © Environment Agency and/or database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.