4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313234383431 eng dataset Natural Resources Wales (NRW) 0300 065 3000 Maes-y-Ffynnon LL57 2DW enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk pointOfContact 2023-12-04 Gemini 2.2 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::BNG OGP Flood Risk Assessment Wales (FRAW) Flood Risk from Rivers Flood Risk from the Sea Flood Risk from Surface Water and Small Watercourses 2023-11-30 publication 124841 https://naturalresources.wales Flood Risk Assessment Wales provides a national assessment of risk flooding from Rivers, the Sea and Surface Water and Small Watercourses. The assessment takes into account flood defences and combines new, national-scale modelling with detailed local-scale models to categories risk into 3 bands, labelled ‘High’, ‘Medium’ and ‘Low’ risk. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) 0300 065 3000 Maes-y-Ffynnon LL57 2DW enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk owner Natural Resources Wales (NRW) 0300 065 3000 Maes-y-Ffynnon LL57 2DW enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk originator biannually Geographic Information System Natural risk zones GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2023-12-05 publication © CNC/NRW and UKCEH Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. eng inlandWaters environment ISO3166 Countries 2023-12-05 publication Wales (WLS) -5.77774100 -2.60886500 51.24082900 53.51306700 2018-09-01 2023-12-05 More information is available in the FRAW (2019) project report and NRWs Understanding your flood risk results webpage (https://naturalresources.wales/flooding/managing-flood-risk/understanding-your-flood-risk-results?lang=en) for more information on our flood risk data and how it should be used. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) 0300 065 3000 Maes-y-Ffynnon LL57 2DW enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk distributor https://datamap.gov.wales/layergroups/inspire-nrw:FloodRiskAssessmentWales Download data and Web Service https://datamap.gov.wales/capabilities/layergroup/889/?access_token=67k4GhAr91AqiAXnyngsm3l40RrZII&ows_service=wms Web Mapping Service dataset For Rivers and Surface Water and Small Watercourses: ‘High’ risk means that each year, this area has a chance of flooding of greater than 1 in 30 (3.3%) ‘Medium’ risk means that each year, an area has a chance of flooding of between 1 in 100 (1%) and 1 in 30 (3.3%). ‘Low’ risk means that each year, an area has a chance of flooding of between 1 in 1000 (0.1%) and 1 in 100 (1%). For the Sea: ‘High’ risk means that each year, this area has a chance of flooding of greater than 1 in 30 (3.3%) ‘Medium’ risk means that each year, an area has a chance of flooding of between 1 in 200 (0.5%) and 1 in 30 (3.3%). ‘Low’ risk means that each year, an area has a chance of flooding of between 1 in 1000 (0.1%) and 1 in 200 (0.5%) The risk assessment takes into account the effect of flood defences where we have information. Flood defences reduce, but do not completely stop the chance of flooding as they can be overtopped or fail. Flood risk information for each source has been created as ‘onion-skins’, i.e. with no overlapping data between individual risk bands. These risk bands should be combined and displayed a single layer for each flood source. If data is displayed in map form to others, appropriate map scales should be used given the indicative nature of the modelling. It should be shown with a maximum zoom scale of 1:5,000 and that base mapping of 1:10,000 is used to give context. The flood mapping is based on areas at risk of flooding and is not specific t o individual properties. NRW doesn’t hold information about an individual property’s construction that might affect whether flooding of a certain depth could enter a property and cause damage. As such, our information has been produced to identify general areas potentially at risk of flooding for further investigation. Spatial resolution of the data: National scale modelling undertaken at 2m grid resolution. Local scale modelling undertaken at different resolutions, typically between 2m – 10m.