Environment Agency123WAF989Yorkshire

River Went catchment: flood history since 2012

The Environment Agency has issued 36 flood alerts for River Went catchment since 5 Jul 2012, most often in January; the busiest year was 2016 (5).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: River Went catchment
Code: 123WAF989
Environment Agency area: Yorkshire
County: Doncaster, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Wakefield
River or sea: River Went
First in the history: 5 Jul 2012
Latest in the history file: 6 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.

2016 was the busiest year for River Went 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	1	0	0
2025	3	0	0
2024	3	0	0
2023	5	0	0
2022	2	0	0
2021	3	0	0
2020	3	0	0
2019	4	0	0
2018	2	0	0
2016	5	0	0
2015	1	0	0
2013	1	0	0
2012	3	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.