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Does YO43 4SQ flood?

Not in an at-risk area

YO43 4SQ 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 YO43 or get the full picture below.

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Inside the full report for YO43 4SQ

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
YO43 4SQ
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 3 recorded floods nearby; 96 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: No ⚑ 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 YO43 4SQ. 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 YO43 4SQ

96
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2010
5
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-02-06)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Feb 2020 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis ~24.4 km
Feb 2020 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Ciara ~33.0 km
Nov 2019 2019 November Flood Incident ~50.5 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, 5 warnings nearby) · Chandra (2026, 1 warnings nearby) · Herminia (2025, 1 warnings nearby) · Darragh (2024, 1 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for YO43 4SQ

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
South Newbald Ings Beck 1.4 km 0.20 m 0.38 m
South Cave Beverley Road South Cave Beck 6.0 km 0.30 m 0.60 m
North Cave Mires Beck 6.3 km 0.40 m 0.68 m
Market Weighton Mill Beck 6.3 km 2.25 m 3.64 m

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

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. 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

YO43 4AL up to High YO43 4BU up to Medium YO43 4BY up to High YO43 4DD up to Low YO43 4EB up to Low YO43 4FN up to High YO43 4LA up to Low YO43 4LD up to High YO43 4LX up to Very low YO43 4LY up to Low YO43 4SD up to Medium YO43 4TT up to High

At-risk postcodes near YO43 4SQ — all in the YO43 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 YO43 district.