Environment Agency033FWF3PENK003West Midlands
River Penk at Somerford: flood history since 2014
The Environment Agency has issued 12 flood warnings for River Penk at Somerford since 19 Jul 2014, most often in February; the busiest year was 2024 (6).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Penk at Somerford
- Code
- 033FWF3PENK003
- Environment Agency area
- West Midlands
- County
- Staffordshire
- River or sea
- River Penk
- First in the history
- 19 Jul 2014
- Latest in the history file
- 7 Dec 2024
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 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 2014 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 |
|---|---|
| 7 Dec 2024 | Flood warning |
| 24 Nov 2024 | Flood warning |
| 22 Sep 2024 | Flood warning |
| 22 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 9 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 2 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 20 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 16 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 26 Oct 2019 | Flood warning |
| 27 May 2018 | Flood warning |
| 28 Mar 2016 | Flood warning |
| 19 Jul 2014 | Flood warning |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.