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River Char at Charmouth: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 37 flood warnings for River Char at Charmouth since 8 Dec 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2012 (8).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Char at Charmouth
- Code
- 111FWFCHA111
- Environment Agency area
- Wessex
- County
- Dorset Council
- River or sea
- River Char
- First in the history
- 8 Dec 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 30 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 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 2007 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 |
|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2024 | Flood warning |
| 21 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 4 Dec 2023 | Flood warning |
| 18 Dec 2022 | Flood warning |
| 20 Oct 2021 | Flood warning |
| 2 Apr 2018 | Flood warning |
| 21 Nov 2016 | Flood warning |
| 6 Feb 2016 | Flood warning |
| 22 Jan 2016 | Flood warning |
| 14 Feb 2014 | Flood warning |
| 5 Jan 2014 | Flood warning |
| 4 Jan 2014 | Flood warning |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.