Does DN16 flood?

Only lower-likelihood flood risk is recorded in DN16: none of its 2 listed postcodes goes beyond the Low band. The DN16 postcode district covers Messingham, Bottesford, close to Scotter, Brigg, Keadby, and surrounding villages in parts of Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire.

2 postcodes in the DN16 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 2 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which DN16 postcodes are at risk?

DN16 3RJ up to Low DN16 3TD up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near DN16

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

Scotter on the River Eau — 6.6 km away, highest on record 2.82m
Brigg on the River Ancholme — 8.3 km away, highest on record 2.61m
Brandy Wharf on the River Ancholme — 14.5 km away, highest on record 2.47m
Bishopbridge on the River Rase — 20.2 km away, highest on record 2.23m

133 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (26 at warning level or above), most recently 13 March 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis (2020) — about 31.9 km from the centre
2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Ciara (2020) — about 41.3 km from the centre
2019 November Flood Incident (2019) — about 39.7 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

DN15 DN17 DN14 DN18 DN19 DN12 DN20 DN11

Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.