Environment Agency054WAFNF2East Anglia
The River Bure, Spixworth Beck and surrounding Becks: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 100 flood alerts for The River Bure, Spixworth Beck and surrounding Becks since 28 Feb 2006, most often in December; the busiest year was 2023 (13).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- The River Bure, Spixworth Beck and surrounding Becks
- Code
- 054WAFNF2
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Norfolk
- River or sea
- Bure, Spixworth Beck
- First in the history
- 28 Feb 2006
- 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 15 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 16 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 9 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 23 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 21 Jul 2025 | Flood alert |
| 19 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 9 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 6 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 8 Oct 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.