Environment Agency065FAG017Solent and South Downs
Groundwater flooding in Patcham: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 16 flood alerts for Groundwater flooding in Patcham since 24 Dec 2012, most often in February; the busiest year was 2014 (4).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Groundwater flooding in Patcham
- Code
- 065FAG017
- Environment Agency area
- Solent and South Downs
- County
- Brighton and Hove
- River or sea
- Groundwater
- First in the history
- 24 Dec 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 7 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 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 2012 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 |
|---|---|
| 7 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 20 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 4 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 10 Dec 2023 | Flood alert |
| 27 Feb 2020 | Flood alert |
| 21 Dec 2019 | Flood alert |
| 5 Feb 2016 | Flood alert |
| 29 Jan 2016 | Flood alert |
| 22 Jan 2016 | Flood alert |
| 12 Jan 2016 | Flood alert |
| 3 Mar 2014 | Flood alert |
| 9 Feb 2014 | 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.