Environment Agency052WAFOBNFormer flood area
Upper Ouse and Tributaries: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 43 flood alerts for Upper Ouse and Tributaries since 20 Oct 2006, most often in December; the busiest year was 2012 (16).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Upper Ouse and Tributaries
- Code
- 052WAFOBN
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under ANG - Central)
- First in the history
- 20 Oct 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 6 Feb 2016
- Current status
- no longer an Environment Agency flood area (not in its register of 1 Oct 2026)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 16 | 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 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.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 6 Feb 2016 | Flood alert |
| 9 Jan 2016 | Flood alert |
| 7 Jan 2016 | Flood alert |
| 31 Dec 2015 | Flood alert |
| 27 Dec 2015 | Flood alert |
| 23 Feb 2015 | Flood alert |
| 13 Jan 2015 | Flood alert |
| 3 Jan 2015 | Flood alert |
| 17 Dec 2014 | Flood alert |
| 23 Nov 2014 | Flood alert |
| 17 Nov 2014 | Flood alert |
| 14 Nov 2014 | 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.