Coalburn - Howan Burn
EA name: COALBURN - HOWAN BURN
Environment Agency sampling point NW-88009737 · 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
- 7 Sep 2026, 09:3524 days ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone)
- Samples banked
- 36 since 10 Oct 2023 Imported periods: 1 Oct 2023 – 30 Sep 2026. Samples outside them are not shown here.
- Latest sample
- Precipitation Planned investigation (local monitoring)
- Where
- National Grid 369600, 578200As published, to the nearest 100 m (so up to about 70 m out). Open in a map
- River, by its own name
- Coalburn
- River, by the map
- Coal BurnPlaced on the river its name gives, 90 m from the line.
- Next gauge downstream
- Coalburn Beck On the Coal Burn · 0.5 km along the river
- Why it was sampled
- Planned investigation (local monitoring) (36 samples)
Everything measured here
21 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 21 rows
| Determinand | Material | Results | First – last | Latest result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH 0061 | Precipitation | 35 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | 5.7 7 Sep 2026 |
| Ammoniacal Nitrogen as N 0111 | Precipitation | 36 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | below 0.002 mg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
| Nitrate as N 0117 | Precipitation | 36 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | below 0.028 mg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
| Orthophosphate, reactive as P 0180 | Precipitation | 36 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | 0.0092 mg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
| Conductivity at 25 C 0077 | Precipitation | 10 | Dec 2025 – Sep 2026 | 61 µS/cm 7 Sep 2026 |
| Alkalinity to pH 4.5 as CaCO3 0162 | Precipitation | 35 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | below 8 mg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
| Aluminium, Dissolved 6037 | Precipitation | 36 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | 290 µg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
| Calcium 0241 | Precipitation | 36 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | 5.8 mg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
| Carbon, Organic, Dissolved as C :- {DOC} 0301 | Precipitation | 34 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | 21 mg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
| Chloride 0172 | Precipitation | 35 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | 9.3 mg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
| Colour, Filtered 0072 | Precipitation | 34 | Nov 2023 – Sep 2026 | 160 colour 7 Sep 2026 |
| Conductivity at 20 C 0062 | Precipitation | 35 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | 54.7 µS/cm 7 Sep 2026 |
| Iron, Dissolved 6460 | Precipitation | 36 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | 1700 µg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
| Magnesium 0237 | Precipitation | 36 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | 0.67 mg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
| Manganese, Dissolved 6458 | Precipitation | 36 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | 57 µg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
| Nitrite as N 0118 | Precipitation | 36 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | below 0.002 mg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
| Nitrogen, Total Oxidised as N 0116 | Precipitation | 36 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | below 0.03 mg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
| Potassium 0211 | Precipitation | 36 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | 0.11 mg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
| Silica, reactive as SiO2 0182 | Precipitation | 35 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | 5.4 mg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
| Sodium 0207 | Precipitation | 36 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | 4.9 mg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
| Sulphate as SO4 0183 | Precipitation | 36 | Oct 2023 – Sep 2026 | below 10 mg/l 7 Sep 2026 |
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.