Environment Agency122WAF945Yorkshire

River Foss: flood history since 2012

The Environment Agency has issued 25 flood alerts for River Foss since 26 Apr 2012, most often in January; the busiest year was 2012 (5).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: River Foss
Code: 122WAF945
Environment Agency area: Yorkshire
County: North Yorkshire, York
River or sea: River Foss
First in the history: 26 Apr 2012
Latest in the history file: 6 Jan 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.

2012 was the busiest year for River Foss

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	1	0	0
2024	4	0	0
2023	5	0	0
2021	2	0	0
2020	1	0	0
2019	1	0	0
2018	2	0	0
2016	1	0	0
2015	1	0	0
2013	2	0	0
2012	5	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 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.