Environment Agency122WAF935Yorkshire

River Esk catchment: flood history since 2012

The Environment Agency has issued 91 flood alerts for River Esk catchment since 25 Sep 2012, most often in November; the busiest year was 2021 (14).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: River Esk catchment
Code: 122WAF935
Environment Agency area: Yorkshire
County: North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland
River or sea: River Esk
First in the history: 25 Sep 2012
Latest in the history file: 12 Nov 2025
Current status: check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

2021 was the busiest year for River Esk catchment

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
2025	2	0	0
2024	5	0	0
2023	5	0	0
2022	7	0	0
2021	14	0	0
2020	11	0	0
2019	8	0	0
2018	9	0	0
2017	12	0	0
2016	9	0	0
2015	4	0	0
2013	3	0	0
2012	2	0	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.

Most often in November

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.

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.