Environment Agency053WAF119MNKLincs and Northants
Minor Watercourses from Heighington to Dunston: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 31 flood alerts for Minor Watercourses from Heighington to Dunston since 15 Jun 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2012 (6).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Minor Watercourses from Heighington to Dunston
- Code
- 053WAF119MNK
- Environment Agency area
- Lincs and Northants
- County
- Lincolnshire
- River or sea
- Heighington Beck, Dunston Beck
- First in the history
- 15 Jun 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 12 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 6 | 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 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 |
|---|---|
| 12 Mar 2026 | Flood alert |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 17 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 6 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 13 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 1 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 7 Dec 2023 | Flood alert |
| 20 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 16 Aug 2022 | 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.