Environment Agency123WAF969Yorkshire

River Dearne catchment: flood history since 2012

The Environment Agency has issued 36 flood alerts for River Dearne catchment since 4 Jan 2012, most often in January; the busiest year was 2024 (5).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: River Dearne catchment
Code: 123WAF969
Environment Agency area: Yorkshire
County: Barnsley, Doncaster, Kirklees, Rotherham, Wakefield
River or sea: River Dearne, River Dove
First in the history: 4 Jan 2012
Latest in the history file: 5 Feb 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.

2024 was the busiest year for River Dearne catchment

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	2	0	0
2025	2	0	0
2024	5	0	0
2023	4	0	0
2022	3	0	0
2021	3	0	0
2020	3	0	0
2019	4	0	0
2018	1	0	0
2016	3	0	0
2015	1	0	0
2013	1	0	0
2012	4	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 January

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.

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