Environment Agency034WAF402East Midlands

Upper Soar catchment: flood history since 2006

The Environment Agency has issued 78 flood alerts for Upper Soar catchment since 15 Feb 2006, most often in January; the busiest year was 2024 (11).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Upper Soar catchment
Code: 034WAF402
Environment Agency area: East Midlands
County: Leicester, Leicestershire
River or sea: River Soar
First in the history: 15 Feb 2006
Latest in the history file: 12 Mar 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 Upper Soar catchment

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	8	0	0
2025	4	0	0
2024	11	0	0
2023	5	0	0
2022	4	0	0
2021	3	0	0
2020	5	0	0
2019	9	0	0
2018	3	0	0
2017	1	0	0
2016	3	0	0
2015	1	0	0
2014	6	0	0
2013	8	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 2006 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.