Environment Agency061WAF14RayOxonThames
River Ray and its tributaries from Shipton Lee to and including Islip: flood history since 2011
The Environment Agency has issued 60 flood alerts for River Ray and its tributaries from Shipton Lee to and including Islip since 7 Jan 2011, most often in January; the busiest year was 2012 (8).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Ray and its tributaries from Shipton Lee to and including Islip
- Code
- 061WAF14RayOxon
- Environment Agency area
- Thames
- County
- Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire
- River or sea
- River Ray, Wootten Brook, Doddershall Brook, Tetchwick Brook, Lugershall Brook, Murswell Hill Brook, Cutters Brook, Piddington Brook, Blackthorn Brook, Panshill Brook, Studley Wood Brook, Beckley Brook, Oddington Brook, Gallos Brook, Chipping Farm Stream
- First in the history
- 7 Jan 2011
- Latest in the history file
- 11 Jan 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 8 | 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 2011 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 |
|---|---|
| 11 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 6 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Flood alert |
| 27 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 24 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 23 Sep 2024 | Flood alert |
| 28 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 28 Mar 2024 | Flood alert |
| 7 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 5 Dec 2023 | 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.