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Waterhouses, Staffordshire
Up to High likelihood
Properties in ST10 3JQ sit in the Environment Agency's High flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.
| Likelihood band | Annual chance | Properties | Of which homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | greater than 3.3% | 2 | 2 |
| Medium | 1% – 3.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Low | 0.1% – 1% | 1 | 1 |
| Very low | below 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a high-likelihood area has at least a 57% chance of flooding at least once.
The ground here sits at about 210 m above sea level and falls 65 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-north-west, 39.7 m higher.
Because properties in the high likelihood band; 477 official warnings since 2006.
The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around ST10 3JQ. 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.
Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.
Babet (2023, 10 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 10 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 10 warnings nearby) · Christoph (2021, 9 warnings nearby)
| Gauge | River | Distance | Typical high | Highest on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterhouses | River Hamps | 0.4 km | 0.47 m | 3.06 m |
| Ilam | River Manifold | 5.4 km | 0.52 m | 2.81 m |
| Izaak Walton | River Dove | 6.2 km | 0.59 m | 1.61 m |
| Froghall | River Churnet | 7.0 km | 2.10 m | 2.98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterhouses Pumping Station | River Hamps | 0.0 km | 0 (2024) | 0 |
| Waterhouses Stw | Groundwater | 0.8 km | 17 (2024) | 94 |
| Winkhill Pumping Station | River Hamps | 2.8 km | 45 (2024) | 558 |
Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.
No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. 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.
At-risk postcodes near ST10 3JQ — all in the ST10 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. Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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 ST10 district.