Does SS13 1DW flood?

Not in an at-risk area

SS13 1DW has no properties in any Environment Agency recorded flood-risk band. That is good news — but it is area-level and never proof a place cannot flood (surface-water and sewer flooding are assessed separately). See the at-risk postcodes in SS13 or get the full picture below.

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Inside the full report for SS13 1DW

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
SS13 1DW
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 3 recorded floods nearby; 66 official warnings since 2006.

A Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
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Surface water
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Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around SS13 1DW. 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.

Official flood warnings near SS13 1DW

66
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2008
14
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2025
most recent warning nearby (2025-01-05)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Jan 1968 1968 September Flood Outline ~55.7 km
Jun 1958 1958 Flood Outline ~12.0 km
Jan 1953 1953 Coast Flood Outline Essex ~27.0 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 2 warnings nearby) · Conall (2024, 1 warnings nearby) · Debi (2023, 1 warnings nearby) · Franklin (2022, 1 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for SS13 1DW

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Wickford River Crouch 3.2 km 1.67 m 2.69 m
Noak Bridge River Crouch 5.1 km 0.25 m 1.14 m
Wardropers River Wid 9.8 km 2.06 m 2.34 m
Mountnessing River Wid 12.8 km 0.43 m 2.75 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Basildon Water Recycling Centre Pitsea Creek 0.3 km 24 (2024) 258
Elm Road Sps North Benfleet Brook 1.9 km 15 (2024) 156
Wickford Ps River Crouch 2.9 km 33 (2024) 426
Rush Bottom Lane & Stansfield Rd Trib Of River Crouch 3.3 km 16 (2024) 132

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

6 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~95 m (natural high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

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.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

At-risk postcodes near SS13 1DW — all in the SS13 district.

© 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. 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 SS13 district.