Environment Agency121WAF911North East
Ouseburn and estuarine tributaries: flood history since 2011
The Environment Agency has issued 20 flood alerts for Ouseburn and estuarine tributaries since 17 Jul 2011, most often in July; the busiest year was 2012 (4).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Ouseburn and estuarine tributaries
- Code
- 121WAF911
- Environment Agency area
- North East
- County
- Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside
- River or sea
- Ouseburn
- First in the history
- 17 Jul 2011
- Latest in the history file
- 9 Apr 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 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 2011 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 |
|---|---|
| 9 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 4 Dec 2023 | Flood alert |
| 20 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 8 Jul 2023 | Flood alert |
| 17 Nov 2022 | Flood alert |
| 5 Oct 2021 | Flood alert |
| 11 Aug 2019 | Flood alert |
| 12 Jun 2019 | Flood alert |
| 6 Jul 2017 | Flood alert |
| 21 Nov 2016 | Flood alert |
| 4 Jan 2016 | Flood alert |
| 14 Nov 2015 | 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.