Does YO13 0JW flood?

Up to High likelihood

Properties in YO13 0JW 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 bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%10
Medium1% – 3.3%20
Low0.1% – 1%30
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a high-likelihood area has at least a 57% chance of flooding at least once.

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Inside the full report for YO13 0JW

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
YO13 0JW
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 3 recorded floods nearby; 375 official warnings since 2006.

E 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
Up to High
Surface water
···
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 YO13 0JW. 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 YO13 0JW

375
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2010
135
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-02-18)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Feb 2020 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis ~50.4 km
Feb 2020 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Ciara ~59.3 km
Oct 2000 Autumn 2000 Event ~0.3 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, 15 warnings nearby) · Arwen (2021, 8 warnings nearby) · Babet (2023, 6 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 6 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for YO13 0JW

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Mowthorpe Sea Cut 2.3 km 3.00 m 3.92 m
Scalby Sea Cut 4.4 km 0.70 m 2.97 m
Forge Valley River Derwent 4.9 km 0.37 m 0.76 m
West Ayton River Derwent 5.5 km 0.55 m 0.64 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
Glynndale Drive Tank Sewer Sea Cut (scalby Beck) 4.4 km 12 (2024) 39
Newby Bridge Storm Detention Tank Scalby Beck - North Sea 4.8 km 23 (2024) 231

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

Flood defences

4 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~83 m (natural high ground, embankment). 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 YO13 0JW — all in the YO13 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 YO13 district.