Environment Agency013WAFDAGtr Mancs Mersey and Ches
River Dane catchment including Kidsgrove, Sandbach, Congleton, Middlewich and Northeast Crewe: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 15 flood alerts for River Dane catchment including Kidsgrove, Sandbach, Congleton, Middlewich and Northeast Crewe since 6 Dec 2007, most often in October; the busiest year was 2019 (4).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Dane catchment including Kidsgrove, Sandbach, Congleton, Middlewich and Northeast Crewe
- Code
- 013WAFDA
- Environment Agency area
- Gtr Mancs Mersey and Ches
- County
- Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Derbyshire, Halton, Staffordshire, Warrington
- River or sea
- River Dane
- First in the history
- 6 Dec 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 1 Jan 2025
- Current status
- check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)
Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning: what each means
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How many alerts and warnings a year?
Flood alerts, flood warnings and severe flood warnings (updates not counted), by year. 2026 runs to the end of June.
The numbers
| Year | Alerts | Warnings | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
When in the year?
All alerts and warnings since 2007 by month.
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 7 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 2 Nov 2023 | Flood alert |
| 20 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 18 Jun 2023 | Flood alert |
| 18 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 25 Oct 2019 | Flood alert |
| 30 Jul 2019 | Flood alert |
| 28 Jul 2019 | Flood alert |
| 13 Mar 2019 | Flood alert |
| 11 Jun 2016 | Flood alert |
| 27 Oct 2013 | Flood alert |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.