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The Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset covers England only, so it does not assess IV12 5SJ. Flood risk here is mapped by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). This is not an all-clear and it is not a risk finding — it means the dataset on this page has no coverage here, so it says nothing either way about IV12 5SJ.
IV12 5SJ gets about 671 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 70 mm; driest March, 41 mm). That is 42% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
A thirty-year average for the surrounding area, not a measurement at this address and not a flood risk on its own: a dry area floods when a storm sits over it, and a wet one may drain away perfectly well. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.5 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Two mapped watercourses are about the same distance from the centre of IV12 5SJ: an unnamed lake (about 410 m) and an unnamed stream (about 490 m), so this page cannot say which one is nearer to you.
Distances along the river are from the point on each watercourse nearest the centre of IV12 5SJ. From Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers), which leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts, so a nearer one may exist. This describes where water goes on the map; it says nothing about flooding at any address. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
Rule-based from the datasets in the report.
The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around IV12 5SJ. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.
The Environment Agency's warning record covers England only, so it holds nothing for this location — that is the reach of the record, not a quiet place. SEPA publishes no warning archive, so FloodRadar's Scottish record begins only on 15 September 2026 — there is no warning history to show here yet, and that is a gap in the record rather than evidence of a quiet place.
Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses, and are issued when flooding is expected rather than when it happens.
The Environment Agency's Recorded Flood Outlines cover England only, so there is no mapped flood record here to be empty — this is an absence of coverage, not an absence of floods. Recorded flooding here is mapped by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).
| Gauge | River | Distance | Typical high | Highest on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firhall | Nairn | 2.7 km | 0.99 m | — |
| Brodie | Muckle Burn | 7.8 km | 0.57 m | — |
| Loch Flemington | Loch Flemington | 10.5 km | 0.81 m | — |
| Forres | Findhorn | 11.8 km | 1.73 m | — |
Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.
| Overflow | Discharges into | Distance | Spills | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nairn Wwtw Ssso Cso 1960 Nh896574 | Moray Firth | 1.5 km | — | — |
| Nairn Riverbank Ter Sps Cso1975 Nh886564 | River Nairn | 1.7 km | — | — |
| Nairn Seabank Road Sps Cso 1995 Nh871569 | Moray Firth | 3.2 km | — | — |
| Nairn Altonburn Wwps 2000 Eo 2 Nh861565 | Alton Burn | 4.1 km | — | — |
Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.
The Environment Agency's register of mapped flood-defence assets covers England only, so it holds nothing here — that is the reach of the register, not an absence of defences. Defences here are held by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.
The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.
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© 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. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring (England); live overflow status © the water companies, incl. Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water and Scottish Water. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the IV12 district.