Environment Agency122FWF234Yorkshire
River Swale at Topcliffe: flood history since 2011
The Environment Agency has issued 12 flood warnings for River Swale at Topcliffe since 8 Dec 2011, most often in February; the busiest year was 2020 (4).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Swale at Topcliffe
- Code
- 122FWF234
- Environment Agency area
- Yorkshire
- County
- North Yorkshire
- River or sea
- River Swale
- First in the history
- 8 Dec 2011
- Latest in the history file
- 21 Feb 2022
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 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 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 |
|---|---|
| 21 Feb 2022 | Flood warning |
| 20 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 2 Nov 2020 | Flood warning |
| 22 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 16 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 9 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 17 Mar 2019 | Flood warning |
| 26 Dec 2015 | Flood warning |
| 5 Dec 2015 | Flood warning |
| 26 Sep 2012 | Flood warning |
| 25 Sep 2012 | Flood warning |
| 8 Dec 2011 | 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.