Environment Agency123WAF988Yorkshire

Ea Beck catchment: flood history since 2012

The Environment Agency has issued 13 flood alerts for Ea Beck catchment since 5 Jul 2012, most often in November; the busiest year was 2012 (4).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Ea Beck catchment
Code: 123WAF988
Environment Agency area: Yorkshire
County: Barnsley, Doncaster, Wakefield
River or sea: Ea Beck, River Skell
First in the history: 5 Jul 2012
Latest in the history file: 6 Jan 2025
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.

2012 was the busiest year for Ea Beck 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
2025	1	0	0
2024	1	0	0
2023	1	0	0
2022	1	0	0
2021	1	0	0
2019	2	0	0
2016	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 November

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.