Environment Agency122FWFDW240Former flood area
River Swale at Kirby Wiske: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 11 flood warnings for River Swale at Kirby Wiske since 5 Dec 2006, most often in January; the busiest year was 2007 (3).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Swale at Kirby Wiske
- Code
- 122FWFDW240
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under NE - Yorkshire North and East)
- First in the history
- 5 Dec 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 30 Nov 2009
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | 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 2006 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 |
|---|---|
| 30 Nov 2009 | Flood warning |
| 18 Nov 2009 | Flood warning |
| 18 Jul 2009 | Flood warning |
| 6 Sep 2008 | Flood warning |
| 22 Jan 2008 | Flood warning |
| 10 Jan 2008 | Flood warning |
| 16 Jun 2007 | Flood warning |
| 19 Jan 2007 | Flood warning |
| 9 Jan 2007 | Flood warning |
| 8 Dec 2006 | Flood warning |
| 5 Dec 2006 | 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.