Wash Dike level at Pontefract Wash Dike

Latest at 7:00am on 22 December

• Height: 0.26m
• Trend: Falling
• State: Normal

Normal range 0.10m to 1.10m

Height in metres over the last 5 days

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How levels here could affect nearby areas

• 1.84m:
  Water reaches the highest level recorded at this measuring station (8 August 2014)
• 1.84m:
  Historical event: Flooding to properties on Beech Croft, Pontefract
• 1.84m:
  Historical event: Flooding to properties on Cavendish Avenue, Pontefract
• 1.84m:
  Historical event: Flooding to properties on Knottingley Road, Pontefract
• 1.77m:
  Historical event: Flooding to properties on Atkinson Lane, Pontefract
• 1.72m:
  Historical event: Flooding to properties on Bondgate, Pontefract
• 1.70m:
  Property flooding is possible above this level
• 1.55m:
  Historical event: Flooding to properties at Pontefract
• 1.53m:
  Historical event: Flooding to properties at Pontefract
• 1.40m:
  Low-lying land flooding possible above this level. One or more flood alerts may be issued.
• 1.40m:
  Historical event: Flooding on A645
• 1.10m:
  Top of normal range
• 0.26m:
  Latest level

Flooding might not happen again at the same historical levels. This may be because flood management schemes are now in place.

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