Environment Agency122FWFDW710Former flood area
River Ouse at York - riverside footpaths: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 31 flood warnings for River Ouse at York - riverside footpaths since 28 Mar 2006, most often in December; the busiest year was 2006 (13).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Ouse at York - riverside footpaths
- Code
- 122FWFDW710
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under NE - Yorkshire North and East)
- First in the history
- 28 Mar 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 5 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 | 5 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 13 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2010 | Flood warning |
| 19 Jan 2010 | Flood warning |
| 6 Dec 2009 | Flood warning |
| 30 Nov 2009 | Flood warning |
| 25 Nov 2009 | Flood warning |
| 18 Nov 2009 | Flood warning |
| 18 Jul 2009 | Flood warning |
| 13 Dec 2008 | Flood warning |
| 6 Sep 2008 | Flood warning |
| 18 Aug 2008 | Flood warning |
| 17 Aug 2008 | Flood warning |
| 16 Jan 2008 | 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.