Birks Gill near Low Houses

EA name: BIRKS GILL NEAR LOW HOUSES
Environment Agency sampling point NE-49905195 · 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
29 Oct 2024, 12:4523 months 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
7 since 25 Oct 2023 Imported periods: 1 Oct 2023 – 30 Sep 2026. Samples outside them are not shown here.
Latest sample
River / running surface water Planned investigation (local monitoring)
Where
National Grid 398199, 497290As published, to the nearest 1 m. Open in a map
River, by its own name
Birks Gill
River, by the map
Birks GillPlaced on the river its name gives, 1 m from the line.
Next gauge downstream
Grinton Bridge On the River Swale · 7.8 km along the river
Why it was sampled
Monitoring (national agency policy) (6 samples)
Planned investigation (local monitoring) (1 samples)

Main measurements, river water

Dissolved oxygen

% saturation · code 9901 · %

129%

Sampled 29 Oct 2024, 23 months ago · 1 result banked

110120130140150%202420252026no sample published after Oct 202429 Oct 2024, 12:45: 129%
Every result (1)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
29 Oct 2024, 12:45129 129%

Water temperature

code 0076 · °C

10.7 °C

Sampled 29 Oct 2024, 23 months ago · 1 result banked

910111213°C202420252026no sample published after Oct 202429 Oct 2024, 12:45: 10.7 °C
Every result (1)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
29 Oct 2024, 12:4510.7 10.7 °C

pH

code 0061

4.8

Sampled 29 Oct 2024, 23 months ago · 7 results banked

456789202420252026no sample published after Oct 202425 Oct 2023, 11:43: 7.958 Nov 2023, 09:30: 7.9913 Dec 2023, 09:51: 7.753 Jan 2024, 11:50: 7.61 Feb 2024, 11:31: 7.771 Mar 2024, 11:16: 8.2229 Oct 2024, 12:45: 4.8
Every result (7)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
29 Oct 2024, 12:454.8 4.8
1 Mar 2024, 11:168.22 8.22
1 Feb 2024, 11:317.77 7.77
3 Jan 2024, 11:507.6 7.6
13 Dec 2023, 09:517.75 7.75
8 Nov 2023, 09:307.99 7.99
25 Oct 2023, 11:437.95 7.95

Conductivity

at 25 °C · code 0077 · µS/cm

46.1 µS/cm

Sampled 29 Oct 2024, 23 months ago · 1 result banked

40455055µS/cm202420252026no sample published after Oct 202429 Oct 2024, 12:45: 46.1 µS/cm
Every result (1)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
29 Oct 2024, 12:4546.1 46.1 µS/cm

Everything measured here

33 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 33 rows
DeterminandMaterialResults First – lastLatest result
Oxygen, Dissolved, % Saturation 9901 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 129% 29 Oct 2024
Temperature of Water 0076 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 10.7 °C 29 Oct 2024
pH 0061 River water 7 Oct 2023 – Oct 2024 4.8 29 Oct 2024
Conductivity at 25 C 0077 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 46.1 µS/cm 29 Oct 2024
Aluminium, Dissolved 6037 River water 6 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 81 µg/l 1 Mar 2024
Barium, Dissolved 9446 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 570 µg/l 29 Oct 2024
Boron, Dissolved 9447 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 below 100 µg/l 29 Oct 2024
Cadmium 0108 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 1.2 µg/l 29 Oct 2024
Cadmium, Dissolved 0106 River water 7 Oct 2023 – Oct 2024 1.1 µg/l 29 Oct 2024
Calcium, Dissolved 0239 River water 7 Oct 2023 – Oct 2024 3 mg/l 29 Oct 2024
Carbon, Organic, Dissolved as C :- {DOC} 0301 River water 7 Oct 2023 – Oct 2024 21 mg/l 29 Oct 2024
Chromium, Dissolved 3409 River water 6 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 below 0.5 µg/l 1 Mar 2024
Copper 6452 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 4.7 µg/l 29 Oct 2024
Copper, Dissolved 6450 River water 7 Oct 2023 – Oct 2024 3.6 µg/l 29 Oct 2024
Hardness, Total as CaCO3 0158 River water 7 Oct 2023 – Oct 2024 9.67 mg/l 29 Oct 2024
Iron, Dissolved 6460 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 800 µg/l 29 Oct 2024
Lead 0050 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 560 µg/l 29 Oct 2024
Lead, Dissolved 0052 River water 7 Oct 2023 – Oct 2024 550 µg/l 29 Oct 2024
Lithium, Dissolved 4201 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 below 100 µg/l 29 Oct 2024
Magnesium, Dissolved 0235 River water 7 Oct 2023 – Oct 2024 0.53 mg/l 29 Oct 2024
Manganese, Dissolved 6458 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 78 µg/l 29 Oct 2024
National Grid Reference : Whole : Field report 7434 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 1 unitless value 29 Oct 2024
Nickel 6462 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 2.2 µg/l 29 Oct 2024
Nickel, Dissolved 3410 River water 7 Oct 2023 – Oct 2024 2.2 µg/l 29 Oct 2024
Potassium, Dissolved 0209 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 0.18 mg/l 29 Oct 2024
Salinity : In Situ 7608 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 0.02 parts per thousand 29 Oct 2024
Sodium, Dissolved 0205 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 3.6 mg/l 29 Oct 2024
Solids, Suspended at 105 C 0135 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 below 3 mg/l 29 Oct 2024
Strontium, Filtered 6693 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 45 µg/l 29 Oct 2024
Sulphate, Dissolved as SO4 7859 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 below 10 mg/l 29 Oct 2024
Visible oil or grease, significant trace: Present/Not found (1/0) 0664 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 Not found 29 Oct 2024
Zinc 6455 River water 1 Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 210 µg/l 29 Oct 2024
Zinc, Dissolved 3408 River water 7 Oct 2023 – Oct 2024 210 µg/l 29 Oct 2024

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.

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