Recorded Flood Outlines
Historic Flood Outlines
FLOOD_EVENT_OUTLINES
Recorded Flood Outlines is a GIS layer which shows all our records of historic flooding from rivers, the sea, groundwater and surface water. Each individual Recorded Flood Outline contains a consistent list of information about the recorded flood. Records began in 1946 when predecessor bodies to the Environment Agency started collecting detailed information about flooding incidents, although we may hold limited details about flooding incidents prior to this date. The absence of coverage by Recorded Flood Outlines for an area does not mean that the area has never flooded, only that we do not currently have records of flooding in this area. It is also possible that the pattern of flooding in this area has changed and that this area would now flood or not flood under different circumstances. The Recorded Flood Outlines take into account the presence of defences, structures, and other infrastructure where they existed at the time of flooding. It includes flood extents that may have been affected by overtopping, breaches or blockages. Any flood extents shown do not necessarily indicate that properties were flooded internally. A companion dataset Historic Flood Map contains a subset of these Recorded Flood Outlines which satisfy a certain criteria. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2018. All rights reserved.
dataset
https://environment.data.gov.uk/DefraDataDownload/?mapService=EA/RecordedFloodOutlines&Mode=spatial
protocol: DSP:ESRI
name: RecordedFloodOutlines_Download
description: Recorded Flood Outlines Download
https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/recorded-flood-outlines/wms
protocol: WMS
name: RecordedFloodOutlines_WMS
description: Recorded Flood Outlines WMS
https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/recorded-flood-outlines/wfs
protocol: WFS
name: RecordedFloodOutlines_WFS
description: Recorded Flood Outlines WFS
https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb
protocol: http://
name: DSP_CUSTOMER_FORUM
description: Defra Data Services Platform Customer Forum
https://environment.data.gov.uk/arcgis/rest/services/EA/RecordedFloodOutlines/MapServer
protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
name: Recorded_Flood_Outlines_ESRI_REST_Endpoint
description: Recorded Flood Outlines - ESRI REST Endpoint
8c75e700-d465-11e4-8b5b-f0def148f590
eng
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
environment
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
OpenData
flood
flooding
publication
2010-01-13
-6.236
2.072
55.816
49.943
http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england
http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/wales
creation
2004-01-01
revision
2021-05-05
quarterly
Flood outlines are digitised in ArcGIS from a number of sources including surveyed flood events We aim to update our database containing Recorded Flood Outlines as soon as we can following a flood but it often takes a number of months to gather all the data, verify it, record the outline, and also if appropriate include it in the Historic Flood Map
Open format | Shapefile (SHP)
Not Applicable
Open Government Licence
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Environment Agency
DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk
https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb
description: Defra Data Services Forum
pointOfContact
Environment Agency
metadata@environment-agency.gov.uk
pointOfContact
2021-05-10