Environment Agency122FWF805Former flood area
River Esk from Briggswath to Ruswarp: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 31 flood warnings for River Esk from Briggswath to Ruswarp since 25 Sep 2012, most often in November; the busiest year was 2020 (6).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Esk from Briggswath to Ruswarp
- Code
- 122FWF805
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under NE - Yorkshire North and East)
- First in the history
- 25 Sep 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 17 Nov 2022
- Current status
- no longer an Environment Agency flood area (not in its register of 1 Oct 2026)
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 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 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 2012 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 |
|---|---|
| 17 Nov 2022 | Flood warning |
| 6 Oct 2021 | Flood warning |
| 6 Feb 2021 | Flood warning |
| 20 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 11 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 8 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 1 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 27 Dec 2020 | Flood warning |
| 2 Nov 2020 | Flood warning |
| 28 Aug 2020 | Flood warning |
| 12 Jun 2020 | Flood warning |
| 15 Feb 2020 | 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.