Environment Agency114WAFT1W05A00Devon and Cornwall

River Fowey: flood history since 2008

The Environment Agency has issued 37 flood alerts for River Fowey since 9 Jul 2008, most often in December; the busiest year was 2012 (7).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: River Fowey
Code: 114WAFT1W05A00
Environment Agency area: Devon and Cornwall
County: Cornwall
River or sea: River Fowey
First in the history: 9 Jul 2008
Latest in the history file: 26 Jan 2026
Current status: check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

2012 was the busiest year for River Fowey

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	2	0	0
2025	3	0	0
2024	2	0	0
2023	1	0	0
2021	2	0	0
2020	3	0	0
2019	2	0	0
2016	3	0	0
2015	1	0	0
2014	3	0	0
2013	3	0	0
2012	7	0	0
2011	5	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.

Most often in December

All alerts and warnings since 2008 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.

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.