SFRA river flooding maps
A large number of maps have been produced as part of the Level 2 / Hybrid Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) for Manchester, Salford and Trafford (MST). The most important river flooding maps are available to download from this page.
These maps show the depth of river flooding which could be expected under one particular scenario. The 1 in 100 year flood maps show predicted flood depths across the city, whereas the detailed information for the more serious events is only available for the Irwell and the Manchester Ship Canal.
The model used to produce these maps uses a scenario involving failure of one of the sluice gates on the Manchester Ship Canal, which raises flood levels not just on the Ship Canal but also on other watercourses which flow into it. As such, this is judged to be a precautionary scenario. It is the best available information on flood risk for strategic planning purposes. Developers with sites within flood risk areas will need to contact the Environment Agency to get detailed flood levels for their sites.
Downloadable documents
- MST SFRA 1 in 100 Year River Flood Depth Map 1.5A (Adobe PDF format, 859kb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 100 Year River Flood Depth Map 1.5B (Adobe PDF format, 2.4mb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 100 Year River Flood Depth Map 1.5C (Adobe PDF format, 700kb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 100 Year River Flood Depth Map 1.5D (Adobe PDF format, 580kb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 100 Year River Flood Depth Map 1.5E (Adobe PDF format, 2.9mb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 100 Year River Flood Depth Map 1.5G (Adobe PDF format, 526kb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 100 Year River Flood Depth Map 1.5H (Adobe PDF format, 2.4mb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 100 Year River Flood Depth Map 1.5K (Adobe PDF format, 492kb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 100 Year plus Climate Change River Flood Depth Map 1.7A (Adobe PDF format, 760kb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 100 Year plus Climate Change River Flood Depth Map 1.7B (Adobe PDF format, 799kb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 100 Year plus Climate Change River Flood Depth Map 1.7C (Adobe PDF format, 1mb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 100 Year plus Climate Change River Flood Depth Map 1.7D (Adobe PDF format, 666kb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 100 Year plus Climate Change River Flood Depth Map 1.7E (Adobe PDF format, 560kb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 1000 Year River Flood Depth Map 1.8A (Adobe PDF format, 743kb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 1000 Year River Flood Depth Map 1.8B (Adobe PDF format, 740kb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 1000 Year River Flood Depth Map 1.8C (Adobe PDF format, 1mb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 1000 Year River Flood Depth Map 1.8D (Adobe PDF format, 1.8mb)
- MST SFRA 1 in 1000 Year River Flood Depth Map 1.8E (Adobe PDF format, 558kb)
If you are unable to view documents of these types, our downloads page provides links to viewing software.
Who to contact
- Name
- Planning and Transport Futures
- Address
- Sustainable Regeneration
Salford City Council
Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton
Salford
M27 5BY
Map to this location - Telephone
- 0161 793 3782
- plans.consultation@salford.gov.uk
This page was last updated on 12 September 2011
