Environment Agency033WAF314West Midlands

Burton Trent: flood history since 2007

The Environment Agency has issued 88 flood alerts for Burton Trent since 12 Feb 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2019 (11).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Burton Trent
Code: 033WAF314
Environment Agency area: West Midlands
County: Derbyshire, Staffordshire
River or sea: River Trent
First in the history: 12 Feb 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.

2019 was the busiest year for Burton 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	6	0	0
2024	10	0	0
2023	6	0	0
2022	3	0	0
2021	5	0	0
2020	9	0	0
2019	11	0	0
2018	3	0	0
2017	3	0	0
2016	9	0	0
2015	1	0	0
2014	8	0	0
2013	3	0	0
2012	7	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 January

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.