Environment Agency053WAF100RUALincs and Northants
Rase and Upper Ancholme: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 79 flood alerts for Rase and Upper Ancholme since 22 May 2006, most often in December; the busiest year was 2019 (10).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Rase and Upper Ancholme
- Code
- 053WAF100RUA
- Environment Agency area
- Lincs and Northants
- County
- Lincolnshire
- River or sea
- River Rase, River Ancholme
- First in the history
- 22 May 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 13 Mar 2026
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 13 Mar 2026 | Flood alert |
| 28 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 29 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 8 Dec 2024 | 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.