Does Scunthorpe flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Scunthorpe

Ordnance Survey places 146 postcodes in Scunthorpe 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 2,744 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

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 Scunthorpe

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Scunthorpe watch River Trent.

• Keadby Tidal
  River Trent · 3.6 km away -0.69 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 31 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Scunthorpe'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.

Flood warning areas near Scunthorpe

4 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Scunthorpe. The EA has issued 35 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 5 Nov 2025.

• River Trent at Scunthorpe including isolated properties from the M180 to the Humber Confluence
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Dec 2013 1.6 km
• Tidal Trent for riverside areas from Gainsborough to the Humber confluence, including West Stockwith, Wildsworth, East Ferry, East and West Butterwick, Derrythorpe, Gunness and Keadby
  30 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 2.9 km
• River Trent at Burringham and Gunness including isolated riverside properties from the M180 to the Humber Confluence
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2013 4.0 km
• River Trent at Keadby and Amcotts including isolated riverside properties from the M180 to the Humber Confluence
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2013 4.4 km

Recorded floods near Scunthorpe

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Scunthorpe, most recent first. Absence of a record does not mean a place has never flooded. See them on the map →

• 15 Feb 2020 — 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Dennis Drainage
• 8 Feb 2020 — 2020 February Flood Incident - Storm Ciara Main river
• 7 Nov 2019 — 2019 November Flood Incident Main river
• 5 Dec 2013 — LNA_2013_12_Tidal_Witham_Haven Sea
• 5 Dec 2013 — Tidal Trent 5th December 2013 Main river
• 1 Mar 1947 — Tidal Trent March 1947 DNL Main river
• 1 Mar 1947 — Tidal Trent 1947
• 1 Mar 1947 — Tidal Trent March 1947 Main river
• 1 Mar 1947 — LNA_1947_March_Tidal Trent Main river

Rainfall near Scunthorpe

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (3.6 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 10.6 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 31 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Scunthorpe

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

Medium likelihood (1)

Low likelihood (4)

Very low likelihood (141)

Postcode districts

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.