Environment Agency113WAFTW07Devon and Cornwall
Rivers Clyst and Culm and their tributaries: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 224 flood alerts for Rivers Clyst and Culm and their tributaries since 20 Feb 2006, most often in January; the busiest year was 2012 (22).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Rivers Clyst and Culm and their tributaries
- Code
- 113WAFTW07
- Environment Agency area
- Devon and Cornwall
- County
- Devon, Somerset
- River or sea
- River Clyst, River Culm
- First in the history
- 20 Feb 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 18 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 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 2006 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 |
|---|---|
| 18 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 9 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 8 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 1 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 30 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 22 Apr 2025 | 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.