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Does Stafford flood?

Staffordshire
84postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
8river gauges within 10 km
1year 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 Stafford

Ordnance Survey places 84 postcodes in Stafford 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 591 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High156148
Medium1618195
Low52344240
Very low151
All bands84591384

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 Stafford

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Stafford watch River Sow, Sandyford Brook, Rising Brook, River Trent, Meece Brook, River Penk.

Distances are from the middle of Stafford'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 Stafford

The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Sow, about 20 m from the middle of Stafford's at-risk postcodes. It flows into the River Trent about 8.9 km downstream.

A gauge downstream shows water that has already passed this point; one upstream sees it first. Distances along the river are from the point on the River Sow nearest the middle of Stafford's at-risk postcodes. From Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers), which leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts, so a nearer one may exist. This describes where water goes on the map; it says nothing about flooding at any address. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Flood warning areas near Stafford

13 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Stafford. The EA has issued 379 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 24 Oct 2026.

Recorded floods near Stafford

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

Rainfall near Stafford

Stafford gets about 735 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 72 mm; driest March, 49 mm). That is 37% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 0.6 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (10.2 km away), recorded 7.6 mm in the last 24 hours and 69.2 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 28 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Stafford

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

High likelihood (15)

ST16 2QBST16 2QPST16 2QYST16 2SDST16 3ESST16 3HFST16 3HSST16 3NFST17 4PBST17 9BXST17 9BYST17 9DQST17 9EQST18 0AQST18 0ZJ

Medium likelihood (16)

ST16 2DDST16 2EZST16 2HBST16 2HHST16 2HJST16 2HLST16 2HQST16 3HBST16 3HEST16 3HGST16 3UFST17 4BGST17 4HAST17 4JDST17 4JXST17 4NT

Low likelihood (52)

ST16 1FQST16 1FSST16 1FTST16 1FUST16 1FWST16 1FXST16 1FZST16 2AGST16 2BSST16 2EDST16 2EWST16 2NYST16 2QTST16 2QZST16 2RFST16 3ADST16 3ALST16 3EGST16 3FZST16 3HTST16 3JTST16 3NEST16 3PRST16 3SEST16 3SFST16 3SQST16 3SUST16 3TAST16 3THST16 3UEST16 3WBST16 3ZGST16 3ZHST17 4AAST17 4EBST17 4EDST17 4EZST17 4FFST17 4FJST17 4HFST17 4HZST17 4LJST17 4LPST17 4LZST17 4NAST17 4TJST17 9DBST17 9DEST17 9QSST17 9QWST17 9RBST18 0YE

Very low likelihood (1)

ST16 3AH

Postcode districts

ST16 · 53ST17 · 28ST18 · 3

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.

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