Environment Agency053FWFPLWI01Former flood area
River Witham and associated Fens from Woodhall Spa to Chapel Hill: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 13 flood warnings for River Witham and associated Fens from Woodhall Spa to Chapel Hill since 26 Jun 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2007 (3).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Witham and associated Fens from Woodhall Spa to Chapel Hill
- Code
- 053FWFPLWI01
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under ANG - Northern)
- First in the history
- 26 Jun 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 6 Jan 2025
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 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 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.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 6 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 3 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 20 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 7 Feb 2021 | Flood warning |
| 29 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 15 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 29 Nov 2019 | Flood warning |
| 8 Nov 2019 | Flood warning |
| 27 Oct 2019 | Flood warning |
| 22 Jan 2008 | Flood warning |
| 20 Jul 2007 | Flood warning |
| 2 Jul 2007 | Flood warning |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.