Environment Agency054FWFSF4DEast Anglia
The Rattlesden River from Rattlesden to Combs Ford in Stowmarket: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 15 flood warnings for The Rattlesden River from Rattlesden to Combs Ford in Stowmarket since 18 Jan 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2024 (3).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- The Rattlesden River from Rattlesden to Combs Ford in Stowmarket
- Code
- 054FWFSF4D
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Suffolk
- River or sea
- Rattlesden River
- First in the history
- 18 Jan 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 18 Feb 2024
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 5 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 2 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 20 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 24 Dec 2020 | Flood warning |
| 20 Dec 2019 | Flood warning |
| 23 Jun 2016 | Flood warning |
| 23 Nov 2014 | Flood warning |
| 7 Feb 2014 | Flood warning |
| 27 Jan 2013 | Flood warning |
| 3 May 2012 | Flood warning |
| 28 Feb 2010 | 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.