Environment Agency123FWF463Yorkshire
River Rother at Tapton: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 11 flood warnings for River Rother at Tapton since 24 Sep 2012, most often in November; the busiest year was 2012 (2).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Rother at Tapton
- Code
- 123FWF463
- Environment Agency area
- Yorkshire
- County
- Derbyshire
- River or sea
- River Rother
- First in the history
- 24 Sep 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 14 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?
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 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 14 Nov 2025 | Flood warning |
| 6 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 30 Sep 2024 | Flood warning |
| 20 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 16 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 7 Nov 2019 | Flood warning |
| 21 Sep 2018 | Flood warning |
| 21 Nov 2016 | Flood warning |
| 28 Mar 2016 | Flood warning |
| 25 Nov 2012 | Flood warning |
| 24 Sep 2012 | Flood 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.