Environment Agency121WAF914North East

Upper River Wear: flood history since 2011

The Environment Agency has issued 24 flood alerts for Upper River Wear since 8 Dec 2011, most often in December; the busiest year was 2013 (6).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Upper River Wear
Code: 121WAF914
Environment Agency area: North East
County: County Durham
River or sea: River Wear
First in the history: 8 Dec 2011
Latest in the history file: 13 Nov 2025
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.

2013 was the busiest year for Upper River Wear

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
2025	1	0	0
2023	3	0	0
2022	1	0	0
2021	1	0	0
2020	2	0	0
2019	1	0	0
2018	1	0	0
2017	2	0	0
2015	4	0	0
2013	6	0	0
2012	1	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.

Most often in December

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.

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