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Does Scawthorpe flood?

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64postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
11river gauges within 10 km
1tidal gauge within 10 km
9years with a mapped flood record within 5 km
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What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Scawthorpe

Ordnance Survey places 64 postcodes in Scawthorpe in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset (Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea). Each postcode is counted once, under the worst band any of its properties reaches; together they hold 1,316 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High000
Medium6112109
Low581,1801,153
Very low02422
All bands641,3161,284

This dataset covers flooding from rivers and the sea only — one of five flood sources. Surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately, so a postcode missing from it is not proof that a place cannot flood. The band describes the land around properties (allowing for defences), not any single address and not today's conditions.

Rivers and live river levels near Scawthorpe

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Scawthorpe watch River Don, Fowler Bridge Drain, Dun Navigation Canal, Ea Beck, Dearne Washlands, Kearsley Brook, River Dearne.

Distances are from the middle of Scawthorpe's at-risk postcodes. Tidal and structure gauges are shown as readings only — the tide and sluice gates move them, not floods. A gauge with no recent reading shows no level.

The watercourse nearest Scawthorpe

The river map has no watercourse within 1 km of the middle of Scawthorpe's at-risk postcodes.

That means this spot is not on the river map, not that there is no water here: Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers) leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Flood warning areas near Scawthorpe

33 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Scawthorpe. The EA has issued 138 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 6 Feb 2026.

Recorded floods near Scawthorpe

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Scawthorpe, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →

…and 6 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Documented floods in Scawthorpe

None documented in these sources (the BHS Chronology of British Hydrological Events). That is not evidence that no flood happened: this is a collection of written accounts, and a place counts only where its name could be matched with confidence.

Source: British Hydrological Society chronology ↗

Rainfall near Scawthorpe

Scawthorpe gets about 595 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 65 mm; driest March, 37 mm). That is 49% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.7 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (8.1 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 0.2 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 39 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Scawthorpe

Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Scawthorpe that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.

Medium likelihood (6)

DN5 9EDDN5 9JLDN5 9JNDN5 9JPDN5 9JRDN5 9JW

Low likelihood (58)

DN5 7XPDN5 7XSDN5 7XTDN5 7XUDN5 7XWDN5 7XXDN5 7XYDN5 7XZDN5 7ZADN5 9DZDN5 9EADN5 9EBDN5 9EPDN5 9ESDN5 9EWDN5 9JADN5 9JBDN5 9JDDN5 9JEDN5 9JFDN5 9JGDN5 9JHDN5 9JJDN5 9JQDN5 9JSDN5 9JTDN5 9JUDN5 9JXDN5 9JYDN5 9JZDN5 9LADN5 9LBDN5 9LDDN5 9LEDN5 9LGDN5 9LHDN5 9LJDN5 9LLDN5 9LNDN5 9LQDN5 9NPDN5 9NRDN5 9NSDN5 9NTDN5 9NUDN5 9NXDN5 9NYDN5 9PADN5 9PBDN5 9PDDN5 9PEDN5 9PFDN5 9PGDN5 9PHDN5 9PLDN5 9PNDN5 9PQDN5 9PW

Postcode districts

DN5 · 64

Sources

FloodRadar summarises public flood data. It is not a flood-risk survey of any property, and it does not replace official GOV.UK flood warnings or the GOV.UK long-term flood risk service.

Flood-risk bands: © 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, flood warning areas and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

River levels and rainfall: Environment Agency real-time flood-monitoring data, updated every 15 minutes (Open Government Licence v3.0).

Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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.