Recorded Flood 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
protocol: http
name: Data Version.txt
description: Data Version.txt download on Defra Data Services Platform
protocol: http
name: Guidance_Recorded_Flood_Outline_V4.pdf
description: Guidance_Recorded_Flood_Outline_V4.pdf download on Defra Data Services Platform
protocol: http
name: RECORDED_FLOOD_OUTLINES.lyr
description: RECORDED_FLOOD_OUTLINES.lyr download on Defra Data Services Platform
protocol: http
name: RECORDED_FLOOD_OUTLINES_v202311.zip
description: RECORDED_FLOOD_OUTLINES_v202311.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
https://environment.data.gov.uk/explore/8c75e700-d465-11e4-8b5b-f0def148f590?download=true
protocol: http
name: RecordedFloodOutlines_Download
description: Download data by area of interest
https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/recorded-flood-outlines/wms
protocol: http
name: RecordedFloodOutlines_WMS
description: Recorded Flood Outlines - WMS
https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/recorded-flood-outlines/wfs
protocol: http
name: RecordedFloodOutlines_WFS
description: Recorded Flood Outlines - WFS
8c75e700-d465-11e4-8b5b-f0def148f590
eng
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
environment
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Recorded Flood Outlines
environment
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
flood
publication
2010-01-13
flooding
publication
2010-01-13
-6.236
2.072
55.816
49.943
Invalid Date
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creation
2004-01-01
revision
2023-11-01
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.
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
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