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River Calder at Wakefield

Current River Level

0.060m

At 6:45pm, Tuesday 8th October BST
(5:45pm, Tuesday 8th October GMT)

Within the usual range for this location

Rising, 0.010 from previous measurement at 9:15pm, Tuesday 27th August BST

Warning: This data is stale! For some reason, we have not been able to obtain updated levels for over 24 hours. The current displayed level is probably incorrect and you should not rely on it.

Flood Warning Areas Covering Here

Balne Beck, Alverthorpe Beck and Ings Beck at Wakefield Westgate

No current or recent warnings.

Ings Beck and Oakenshaw Beck

Recent warnings or alerts no longer in force

Lower River Calder catchment

No current or recent warnings.

Other Nearby Flood Warning Areas

River Calder at Wakefield - Fall Ings and Belle Vue

No current or recent warnings.

Oakenshaw Beck at Agbrigg

No current or recent warnings.

Seven Day Level Chart

Long Term Level Chart

Darker blue shaded areas on long term data indicate maximum and minimum levels for the date (you may need to zoom in closer to see them).

Long term data may have gaps where the API data was not available.

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Note: CSV data will include any outlying values that have been ignored by our graphing system as probably erroneous (eg, because they are ridiculously high compared to the values either side of them). It is your responsibility to filter these out if necessary.

Important! If you are planning to retrieve the csv data automatically, you must read and understand the limitations on the data and its availability.

Location and Technical Data

  • Monitoring Station: Wakefield
  • Watercourse: River Calder, West Yorkshire
  • Nearest Town/Village: Wakefield
  • Local Authority: Wakefield
  • Ceremonial County: West Yorkshire
  • Coordinates: 53°40'37"N 1°29'28"W (53.677173,-1.491306)
  • OS Grid: SE337202 (433700,420200)
  • Mapcode (Local): GBR LT0X.YK
  • Mapcode (Global): WHDC4.2T4W
  • Open Location Code: 9C5WMGG5+VF
  • Maidenhead Locator System: IO93gq12
  • Environment Agency Location ID: L1304
  • Environment Agency Gauge ID: L1304-level-stage-i-15_min-m
  • River Levels Online ID: 8209
  • Water Information System ID: L1304
  • Operational Area: Lower Calder
  • Catchment Area: Aire and Calder
  • UK Hydrometric Area: Ouse (Yorkshire)
  • Environment Agency Region: North East
  • Datum Type: Above Stage Datum (ASD)
  • Stage Datum: 22.02m AOD

Please note: Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

The usual range of the River Calder at Wakefield is between 0.04m and 0.85m. It has been between these levels for 90% of the time since monitoring began.

The typical recent level of the River Calder at Wakefield over the past 12 months has been between 0.02m and 0.56m. It has been between these levels for at least 151 days in the past year.

The highest level ever recorded at the River Calder at Wakefield is 1.65m, reached on Sunday 9th February 2020 at 10:30pm.

Note that this data may not take account of recent measurements, as we wait until a level has been verified by the Environment Agency before adding it to our records.

Nearby Monitoring Locations

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