Environment Agency122WAF948Yorkshire
River Riccal catchment: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 52 flood alerts for River Riccal catchment since 28 Jun 2012, most often in January; the busiest year was 2021 (12).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Riccal catchment
- Code
- 122WAF948
- Environment Agency area
- Yorkshire
- County
- North Yorkshire
- River or sea
- River Riccal
- First in the history
- 28 Jun 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 27 Jan 2026
- Current status
- check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)
Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning: what each means
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How many alerts and warnings a year?
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 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 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.
When in the year?
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.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 27 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 7 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 1 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 7 Dec 2023 | Flood alert |
| 29 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 17 Nov 2022 | Flood alert |
| 1 Nov 2022 | Flood alert |
| 31 Oct 2022 | Flood alert |
| 5 Dec 2021 | Flood alert |
| 1 Dec 2021 | Flood alert |
| 30 Nov 2021 | Flood alert |
| 27 Nov 2021 | Flood alert |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.