Environment Agency122WAF946Yorkshire

Upper River Ouse: flood history since 2010

The Environment Agency has issued 168 flood alerts for Upper River Ouse since 11 Dec 2010, most often in December; the busiest year was 2019 (16).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Upper River Ouse
Code: 122WAF946
Environment Agency area: Yorkshire
County: North Yorkshire, York
River or sea: River Ouse, Burdyke, Holgate Beck, Blue Beck, River Foss, The Fleet
First in the history: 11 Dec 2010
Latest in the history file: 25 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.

2019 was the busiest year for Upper River Ouse

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	5	0	0
2025	12	0	0
2024	11	0	0
2023	11	0	0
2022	9	0	0
2021	11	0	0
2020	14	0	0
2019	16	0	0
2018	13	0	0
2017	9	0	0
2016	6	0	0
2015	9	0	0
2014	7	0	0
2013	10	0	0
2012	14	0	0
2011	10	0	0
2010	1	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 2010 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.