Blackstones Farm water level
River gauge, River Crimple, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Right now
Low for mid-October
Water level
History
20252026
What this means
At 0.18 m, the River Crimple at Blackstones Farm is below normal for mid-October.
The median for mid-October is 0.21 m, based on 21 years of readings, so the river level is 0.03 m below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 0.16 m, a difference of +0.01 m.
The water is rising: up 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 0.12 m and 0.27 m.
Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.
Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels
Key numbers
- Median for this date
- 0.21 m0.03 m below the median for this date
- Normal for this date
- 0.16 m – 0.35 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (21 years of records)
- Normal range
- 0.15 m – 0.47 m
- Same day last year
- 0.16 m+0.01 m
- Lowest and highest in 30 days
- 0.12 m – 0.27 m
- Lowest and highest in 12 months
- 0.13 m – 0.97 m
- Highest on record
- 2.98 mDecember 26, 2015
- Lowest on record
- 0.08 mJuly 29, 1992
On the river at Blackstones Farm
Low, clear water makes fish wary, and anglers often do better early and late in the day. For canoeists, shallow riffles mean scraped hulls and the odd portage.
Flood warnings for the area come from the Environment Agency.
About the River Crimple
Crimple Beck or the River Crimple is a beck which flows through North Yorkshire, England. It is a tributary of the River Nidd which it joins between Little Ribston and Walshford north of Wetherby. The beck is 15.5 miles (24.9 km) long, and has a total catchment area of 80 square kilometres (31 sq mi), which drains the area around Harrogate. Its tributaries include the Park Beck.
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Weather at the gauge
Rain in the last 3 days: 0.9 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.
Forecast: Open-Meteo
Map
Other gauges on the River Crimple
| Gauge | Level | Compared with normal | 24 hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burn BridgeRiver gauge, River Crimple | 0.06 m | Normal | +0.02 m | 12 km |
Nearby gauges
| Gauge | Level | Compared with normal | 24 hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HunsingoreRiver gauge, River Nidd | 0.11 m | Low | +0.01 m | 2.7 km |
| Flint MillRiver gauge, River Wharfe | 0.60 m | Normal | +0.01 m | 6.0 km |
| CollinghamRiver gauge, River Wharfe | 0.55 m | Normal | +0.02 m | 6.8 km |
| Skip BridgeRiver gauge, River Nidd | 0.45 m | Normal | +0.01 m | 8.6 km |
| BardseyRiver gauge, Bardsey Beck | 0.19 m | Normal | +0.04 m | 10 km |
| Bramham ScreensRiver gauge, Bramham Beck | 0.20 m | Normal | +0.01 m | 10 km |
| Aldwark BridgeRiver gauge, River Ure | 0.14 m | Normal | ±0 | 11 km |
| TadcasterRiver gauge, River Wharfe | 0.23 m | Normal | +0.01 m | 12 km |
Questions and answers
Is the River Crimple at Blackstones Farm higher than last year?
Yes, it is 0.01 m higher than on the same day last year, when the reading was 0.16 m.
What is a normal level for the River Crimple at Blackstones Farm in mid-October?
The median for mid-October is 0.21 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.16 m and 0.35 m, based on 21 years of records.
Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?
No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 0.18 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.
What is the water level of Blackstones Farm today?
On 19 Oct 2026, 22:30 BST, the water level was 0.18 m. Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.
Is Blackstones Farm rising or falling?
Up 0.02 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.02 m over the last 7 days.
Is the level of Blackstones Farm normal?
Low for mid-October. Compared with 21 years of daily readings for this time of year.
What is the highest water level ever recorded at Blackstones Farm?
The highest level on record is 2.98 m on December 26, 2015. The lowest is 0.08 m on July 29, 1992.
For specialists
Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads
- Operator
- Environment Agency
- Station code
ea:F2125(Agency page)- Coordinates
53.97111, -1.38968(WGS84)- Vertical datum
- station datum
- Update interval
- every 15 minutes
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Environment Agency data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Published series
| Parameter | Last value | Time (UTC) | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water level | 0.18 m | 2026-10-19 21:30 | Provisional |
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How to cite
Environment Agency: Blackstones Farm (ea:F2125). Accessed October 19, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/united-kingdom/north-yorkshire/blackstones-farm
How we check values
Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.
Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer