Environment Agency113FWF2J2ADevon and Cornwall
River Axe (Upper) from Winsham to Axminster, including Chard Junction and Weycroft: flood history since 2010
The Environment Agency has issued 65 flood warnings for River Axe (Upper) from Winsham to Axminster, including Chard Junction and Weycroft since 17 Nov 2010, most often in December; the busiest year was 2012 (9).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Axe (Upper) from Winsham to Axminster, including Chard Junction and Weycroft
- Code
- 113FWF2J2A
- Environment Agency area
- Devon and Cornwall
- County
- Devon, Dorset Council, Somerset
- River or sea
- River Axe
- First in the history
- 17 Nov 2010
- Latest in the history file
- 27 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 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 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 2010 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 |
|---|---|
| 27 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Flood warning |
| 9 Dec 2025 | Flood warning |
| 1 Dec 2025 | Flood warning |
| 24 Feb 2025 | Flood warning |
| 26 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 24 Nov 2024 | Flood warning |
| 19 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 30 Sep 2024 | Flood warning |
| 13 May 2024 | Flood warning |
| 2 May 2024 | Flood warning |
| 18 Feb 2024 | 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.