Environment Agency122FWFDW801Former flood area
River Esk at Lealholm: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 12 flood warnings for River Esk at Lealholm since 22 May 2006, most often in November; the busiest year was 2008 (3).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Esk at Lealholm
- Code
- 122FWFDW801
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under NE - Yorkshire North and East)
- First in the history
- 22 May 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 3 Oct 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 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 3 Oct 2010 | Flood warning |
| 26 Feb 2010 | Flood warning |
| 16 Jan 2010 | Flood warning |
| 29 Nov 2009 | Flood warning |
| 1 Nov 2009 | Flood warning |
| 17 Jul 2009 | Flood warning |
| 13 Dec 2008 | Flood warning |
| 6 Sep 2008 | Flood warning |
| 21 Jan 2008 | Flood warning |
| 25 Jun 2007 | Flood warning |
| 25 Nov 2006 | Flood warning |
| 22 May 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.