Environment Agency062WAF28GadeBulbHerts and North London
Rivers Gade and Bulbourne: flood history since 2016
The Environment Agency has issued 11 flood alerts for Rivers Gade and Bulbourne since 16 Sep 2016, most often in January; the busiest year was 2021 (5).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Rivers Gade and Bulbourne
- Code
- 062WAF28GadeBulb
- Environment Agency area
- Herts and North London
- County
- Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire
- River or sea
- River Gade; River Bulbourne
- First in the history
- 16 Sep 2016
- Latest in the history file
- 23 Sep 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 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 2016 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 |
|---|---|
| 23 Sep 2024 | Flood alert |
| 28 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 12 Mar 2024 | Flood alert |
| 2 Mar 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Jun 2021 | Flood alert |
| 17 Feb 2021 | Flood alert |
| 4 Feb 2021 | Flood alert |
| 28 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 14 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 4 Oct 2020 | Flood alert |
| 16 Sep 2016 | 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.