Environment Agency052WAFLARKEast Anglia

River Lark in Suffolk: flood history since 2019

The Environment Agency has issued 12 flood alerts for River Lark in Suffolk since 20 Dec 2019, most often in December; the busiest year was 2021 (3).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: River Lark in Suffolk
Code: 052WAFLARK
Environment Agency area: East Anglia
County: Cambridgeshire, Suffolk
River or sea: River Lark
First in the history: 20 Dec 2019
Latest in the history file: 18 Feb 2024
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.

2021 was the busiest year for River Lark in Suffolk

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	3	0	0
2023	2	0	0
2021	3	0	0
2020	2	0	0
2019	2	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 December

All alerts and warnings since 2019 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.