Environment Agency033WAF311West Midlands

Rugeley Trent: flood history since 2007

The Environment Agency has issued 48 flood alerts for Rugeley Trent since 25 Jun 2007, most often in February; the busiest year was 2024 (8).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Rugeley Trent
Code: 033WAF311
Environment Agency area: West Midlands
County: Staffordshire
River or sea: River Trent
First in the history: 25 Jun 2007
Latest in the history file: 28 Feb 2026
Current status: check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

2024 was the busiest year for Rugeley Trent

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
2026	4	0	0
2025	4	0	0
2024	8	0	0
2023	5	0	0
2022	2	0	0
2021	1	0	0
2020	4	0	0
2019	7	0	0
2017	1	0	0
2016	4	0	0
2014	1	0	0
2013	1	0	0
2012	6	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.

Most often in February

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.

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.