Environment Agency111FWGIWE5Wessex
Groundwater flooding for the Iwerne: flood history since 2018
The Environment Agency has issued 11 flood warnings for Groundwater flooding for the Iwerne since 4 Apr 2018, most often in January; the busiest year was 2024 (4).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Groundwater flooding for the Iwerne
- Code
- 111FWGIWE5
- Environment Agency area
- Wessex
- County
- Dorset Council
- River or sea
- Groundwater
- First in the history
- 4 Apr 2018
- Latest in the history file
- 19 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 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 2018 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 |
|---|---|
| 19 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Flood warning |
| 3 Apr 2024 | Flood warning |
| 23 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 4 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 3 Jan 2023 | Flood warning |
| 6 Mar 2020 | Flood warning |
| 16 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 20 Dec 2019 | Flood warning |
| 4 Apr 2018 | 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.