Risk of Flooding from Surface Water Complex Bundle for the United Kingdom

A retired bundle of geospatial datasets mapping the risk of flooding from surface water across the United Kingdom, previously known as the updated Flood Map for Surface Water (uFMfSW). It was produced by the UK Environment Agency and partners, including the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, using digital spatial data. The record indicates a last update date of 2026-07-06, but it has been superseded by a newer version.

Use Cases

• Assess regional flood hazard zones based on surface water risk mapping.
• Inform strategic land-use planning decisions based on indicative flood risk data.
• Support high-level environmental impact studies requiring flood risk context.
• Create visualizations for public awareness campaigns about surface water flooding.

Strengths

• Produced by authoritative UK agencies including the Environment Agency and Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
• Includes a full set of related datasets from a national mapping program.
• Explicitly warns against misuse at property-level scales, clarifying its intended scope.

Limitations

• The record is retired and superseded by a newer version.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency (UK), Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Defra, Met Office, DARD Rivers Agency, Cranfield University, James Hutton Institute, Ordnance Survey

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-06 07:17:07.840318; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom