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Burstwick and Keyingham Drains: flood history since 2016

The Environment Agency has issued 30 flood alerts for Burstwick and Keyingham Drains since 21 Nov 2016, most often in December; the busiest year was 2017 (5).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area
Burstwick and Keyingham Drains
Code
122WAF976
Environment Agency area
Yorkshire
County
East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull
River or sea
Burstwick Drain, Keyingham Drain
First in the history
21 Nov 2016
Latest in the history file
30 Nov 2025
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?

2017 was the busiest year for Burstwick and Keyingham Drains
2462016: 120162017: 520172018: 420182019: 420192020: 420202021: 320212022: 120222023: 420232024: 220242025: 220252462016: 120162017: 520172018: 420182019: 420192020: 420202021: 320212022: 120222023: 420232024: 220242025: 220252462016: 120162017: 520172018: 420182019: 420192020: 420202021: 320212022: 120222023: 420232024: 220242025: 220252462016: 120162017: 52018: 420182019: 42020: 420202021: 32022: 120222023: 42024: 22025: 22025

Flood alerts, flood warnings and severe flood warnings (updates not counted), by year. 2026 runs to the end of June.

The numbers
YearAlertsWarningsSevere
2025200
2024200
2023400
2022100
2021300
2020400
2019400
2018400
2017500
2016100

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?

Most often in December
510Jan: 5JanFeb: 7FebMar: 2MarApr: 1AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 1AugSep: 0SepOct: 1OctNov: 4NovDec: 9Dec9510Jan: 5JanFeb: 7FebMar: 2MarApr: 1AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 1AugSep: 0SepOct: 1OctNov: 4NovDec: 9Dec9510Jan: 5JanFeb: 7FebMar: 2MarApr: 1AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 1AugSep: 0SepOct: 1OctNov: 4NovDec: 9Dec9510Jan: 5JFeb: 7FMar: 2MApr: 1AMay: 0MJun: 0JJul: 0JAug: 1ASep: 0SOct: 1ONov: 4NDec: 9D9

All alerts and warnings since 2016 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

DateLevel
30 Nov 2025Flood alert
6 Jan 2025Flood alert
9 Feb 2024Flood alert
2 Jan 2024Flood alert
31 Dec 2023Flood alert
27 Dec 2023Flood alert
4 Dec 2023Flood alert
3 Nov 2023Flood alert
19 Feb 2022Flood alert
3 Feb 2021Flood alert
28 Jan 2021Flood alert
14 Jan 2021Flood 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.