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River Ouse at Acaster Selby: flood history since 2011
The Environment Agency has issued 22 flood warnings for River Ouse at Acaster Selby since 6 Feb 2011, most often in December; the busiest year was 2012 (5).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Ouse at Acaster Selby
- Code
- 122FWF728
- Environment Agency area
- Yorkshire
- County
- North Yorkshire
- River or sea
- River Ouse
- First in the history
- 6 Feb 2011
- Latest in the history file
- 3 Jan 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 3 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 21 Feb 2022 | Flood warning |
| 21 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 4 Nov 2020 | Flood warning |
| 23 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 17 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 10 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 17 Mar 2019 | Flood warning |
| 11 Jan 2016 | Flood warning |
| 26 Dec 2015 | Flood warning |
| 11 Dec 2015 | Flood warning |
| 7 Dec 2015 | 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.