Environment Agency053WAF122SFFLincs and Northants
Minor watercourses of the South Forty Foot Drain: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 52 flood alerts for Minor watercourses of the South Forty Foot Drain since 24 Jun 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2019 (9).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Minor watercourses of the South Forty Foot Drain
- Code
- 053WAF122SFF
- Environment Agency area
- Lincs and Northants
- County
- Lincolnshire
- River or sea
- South Forty Foot and tributaries
- First in the history
- 24 Jun 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 15 Feb 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 4 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 15 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 6 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 1 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 22 May 2024 | Flood alert |
| 22 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 8 Feb 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.