Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment Map for the Severn River Basin District

An interactive map and supporting guidance inform flood risk understanding across the Severn River Basin District. The dataset contains layers showing land use, topography, river basins, and the coastline. It was produced by the Environment Agency and partners to meet the Flood Risk Regulations (2009) and contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Use Cases

• Assess regional flood risk based on land use and topographic layers mentioned in the description
• Model water catchment areas based on the defined river basin district and component basins
• Inform land-use planning and infrastructure development using the flood risk background information

Strengths

• Contains multiple geospatial data layers including land use and topography
• Supports a national-level Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment report for England
• Derived from authoritative sources including the Environment Agency, Ordnance Survey, and Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency, Ordnance Survey, Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, British Antarctic Survey, British Geological Survey

Collection Method

Compiled from digital spatial data to create an interactive map for flood risk assessment.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-06 07:16:27.348511; freshness should be verified

Geography

Severn River Basin District, England