Environment Agency054WAFNF1DEast Anglia
The River Burn from Southgate and Waterden to Burnham Thorpe: flood history since 2013
The Environment Agency has issued 11 flood alerts for The River Burn from Southgate and Waterden to Burnham Thorpe since 9 Mar 2013, most often in January; the busiest year was 2021 (6).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- The River Burn from Southgate and Waterden to Burnham Thorpe
- Code
- 054WAFNF1D
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Norfolk
- River or sea
- Burn
- First in the history
- 9 Mar 2013
- Latest in the history file
- 3 Apr 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 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 2013 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 |
|---|---|
| 3 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 19 Sep 2021 | Flood alert |
| 8 May 2021 | Flood alert |
| 24 Feb 2021 | Flood alert |
| 28 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 16 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 14 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 24 Dec 2020 | Flood alert |
| 25 Sep 2020 | Flood alert |
| 14 Jun 2016 | Flood alert |
| 9 Mar 2013 | 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.