Observation

Staplefield

River Ouse

River or stream

February 16, 2026 at 11:30 AM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Cloudy

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Rainy

  • Recent precipitation

    Community scientist interpretation

    12-24 hours ago

Qualitative readings

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Brown

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Clear

Plants/wildlife

  • Algae

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Issue reporting

  • Water surface

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Physical tests

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    High

  • Water flow

    Community scientist interpretation

    Steady

Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    10 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    7.1 °C

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    215 μS/cm

  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    7.2

    Regulatory

  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • Nitrate

    Kyoritsu Packtest (nitrate-nitrogen)

    2 mg/L

  • Phosphate-phosphorus

    Kyoritsu Packtest (phosphate-phosphorus)

    0.2 mg/L

Notes

The river was very high and fast flowing, following 50+ days of rain. The first photo is the ford where we took the sample. The next 2 photos are taken up and then down the river.