Environment Agency122WAF942Yorkshire

Upper River Wharfe: flood history since 2011

The Environment Agency has issued 79 flood alerts for Upper River Wharfe since 15 Jan 2011, most often in December; the busiest year was 2020 (15).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Upper River Wharfe
Code: 122WAF942
Environment Agency area: Yorkshire
County: Bradford, Leeds, North Yorkshire
River or sea: River Wharfe
First in the history: 15 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.

2020 was the busiest year for Upper River Wharfe

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	1	0	0
2025	5	0	0
2024	7	0	0
2023	7	0	0
2022	2	0	0
2021	9	0	0
2020	15	0	0
2019	7	0	0
2018	1	0	0
2017	4	0	0
2015	7	0	0
2013	4	0	0
2012	7	0	0
2011	3	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 December

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.