Environment Agency122FWFDW520Former flood area
River Wharfe at Bolton Bridge: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 12 flood warnings for River Wharfe at Bolton Bridge since 5 Dec 2006, most often in January; the busiest year was 2008 (5).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Wharfe at Bolton Bridge
- Code
- 122FWFDW520
- 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
- 4 Nov 2010
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2006 | 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 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 |
|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2010 | Flood warning |
| 2 Nov 2010 | Flood warning |
| 29 Nov 2009 | Flood warning |
| 18 Nov 2009 | Flood warning |
| 19 Dec 2008 | Flood warning |
| 21 Jan 2008 | Flood warning |
| 18 Jan 2008 | Flood warning |
| 18 Jan 2008 | Flood warning |
| 10 Jan 2008 | Flood warning |
| 11 Dec 2006 | Flood warning |
| 5 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.