Environment Agency122WAF940Yorkshire

Lower River Ure: flood history since 2011

The Environment Agency has issued 140 flood alerts for Lower River Ure since 11 Jan 2011, most often in January; the busiest year was 2015 (17).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Lower River Ure
Code: 122WAF940
Environment Agency area: Yorkshire
County: North Yorkshire
River or sea: River Ure, Swinney Beck, Bishop Monkton Beck, River Skell, River Laver, River Tutt, Stainley Beck
First in the history: 11 Jan 2011
Latest in the history file: 24 Mar 2026
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.

2015 was the busiest year for Lower River Ure

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
2026	6	0	0
2025	7	0	0
2024	10	0	0
2023	11	0	0
2022	5	0	0
2021	10	0	0
2020	13	0	0
2019	11	0	0
2018	5	0	0
2017	6	0	0
2016	6	0	0
2015	17	0	0
2014	5	0	0
2013	6	0	0
2012	14	0	0
2011	8	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 January

All alerts and warnings since 2011 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.