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River Calder at Horbury - The Strands: flood history since 2015

The Environment Agency has issued 15 flood warnings for River Calder at Horbury - The Strands since 15 Nov 2015, most often in February; the busiest year was 2020 (5).

Flood warnings on record

The flood area

Flood area
River Calder at Horbury - The Strands
Code
123FWF317
Environment Agency area
Yorkshire
County
Wakefield
River or sea
River Calder
First in the history
15 Nov 2015
Latest in the history file
1 Jan 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?

2020 was the busiest year for River Calder at Horbury - The Strands
2462015: 220152018: 120182019: 220192020: 520202021: 120212022: 120222023: 120232024: 120242025: 120252462015: 220152018: 120182019: 220192020: 520202021: 120212022: 120222023: 120232024: 120242025: 120252462015: 220152018: 120182019: 220192020: 520202021: 120212022: 120222023: 120232024: 120242025: 120252462015: 220152018: 12019: 22020: 520202021: 12022: 120222023: 12024: 12025: 12025

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

The numbers
YearAlertsWarningsSevere
2025010
2024010
2023010
2022010
2021010
2020050
2019020
2018010
2015020

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 February
246Jan: 2JanFeb: 5FebMar: 1MarApr: 1AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 0AugSep: 0SepOct: 1OctNov: 3NovDec: 2Dec5246Jan: 2JanFeb: 5FebMar: 1MarApr: 1AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 0AugSep: 0SepOct: 1OctNov: 3NovDec: 2Dec5246Jan: 2JanFeb: 5FebMar: 1MarApr: 1AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 0AugSep: 0SepOct: 1OctNov: 3NovDec: 2Dec5246Jan: 2JFeb: 5FMar: 1MApr: 1AMay: 0MJun: 0JJul: 0JAug: 0ASep: 0SOct: 1ONov: 3NDec: 2D5

All alerts and warnings since 2015 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
1 Jan 2025Flood warning
23 Nov 2024Flood warning
20 Oct 2023Flood warning
20 Feb 2022Flood warning
20 Jan 2021Flood warning
27 Dec 2020Flood warning
24 Feb 2020Flood warning
22 Feb 2020Flood warning
16 Feb 2020Flood warning
9 Feb 2020Flood warning
7 Nov 2019Flood warning
16 Mar 2019Flood warning

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.