Identification

Title

Recorded Flood Outlines

Alternative title(s)

Historic Flood Outlines

FLOOD_EVENT_OUTLINES

Abstract

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.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://environment.data.gov.uk/DefraDataDownload/?mapService=EA/RecordedFloodOutlines&Mode=spatial

protocol: DSP:ESRI

description: Recorded Flood Outlines Download

https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/recorded-flood-outlines/wms

protocol: WMS

description: Recorded Flood Outlines WMS

https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/recorded-flood-outlines/wfs

protocol: WFS

description: Recorded Flood Outlines WFS

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

protocol: http://

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

description: Recorded Flood Outlines - ESRI REST Endpoint

Unique resource identifier

code

8c75e700-d465-11e4-8b5b-f0def148f590

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

OpenData

Keyword set

keyword value

flood

flooding

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.236

East bounding longitude

2.072

North bounding latitude

55.816

South bounding latitude

49.943

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/wales

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2004-01-01

date type

revision

effective date

2021-08-04

Frequency of update

quarterly

Quality and validity

Lineage

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

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Shapefile (SHP)

version of format

Not Applicable

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

web address

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

description: Defra Data Services Forum

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

metadata@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-09-02

Metadata language

eng