Environment Agency051WAFEF7AEast Anglia
The River Crouch from Noaks Bridge to Runwell: flood history since 2008
The Environment Agency has issued 30 flood alerts for The River Crouch from Noaks Bridge to Runwell since 10 Nov 2008, most often in January; the busiest year was 2012 (5).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- The River Crouch from Noaks Bridge to Runwell
- Code
- 051WAFEF7A
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Essex
- River or sea
- River Crouch
- First in the history
- 10 Nov 2008
- Latest in the history file
- 5 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 5 | 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 2008 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 |
|---|---|
| 5 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 12 Mar 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 13 Nov 2023 | Flood alert |
| 1 Apr 2023 | Flood alert |
| 16 Jan 2023 | Flood alert |
| 25 Aug 2022 | Flood alert |
| 5 Oct 2021 | Flood alert |
| 20 Jul 2021 | Flood alert |
| 28 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 14 Jan 2021 | 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.