Observation

Staplefield

River Ouse

River or stream

March 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Cloudy
    • Rainy

  • Recent precipitation

    Community scientist interpretation

    12-24 hours ago

Qualitative readings

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Colourless

  • 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

    10.1 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    10.1 °C

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    260 μS/cm

  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    7.2

    Regulatory

  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    40 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    100 ppm

  • Nitrate

    Kyoritsu Packtest (nitrate-nitrogen)

    1.5 mg/L

  • Phosphate-phosphorus

    Kyoritsu Packtest (phosphate-phosphorus)

    ≤ 0 mg/L

Notes

Slight breeze, very sunny. The river level was still high but was not fast flowing like last month.