Which towns in Co. Waterford flood most?

By recorded events within 2 km of the town centre: Dungarvan (19), Clonmel (16), Abbeyside (15), Waterford City (10), Ferrybank (10). The OPW register counts reported floods, so a town with a long memory and a local paper scores higher than one where nobody wrote it down.

Is a house in Co. Waterford hard to insure for flood?

It depends on the street, not the county. Insurers use the OPW extents and past-event register at address level. Get the exact Eircode checked and ask the seller for the current policy schedule before you go sale agreed.

Where do these numbers come from?

The OPW past flood events register on floodinfo.ie, counted within 2 km of each town centre for towns with at least 100 registered sales since 2010. Town centres are the median location of Property Price Register sales, from homeprices.ie.

Flood risk · Co. Waterford

Flood risk in Co. Waterford: 167 recorded floods around 32 towns

167 floods are on the OPW register within 2 km of the centres of 32 towns in Co. Waterford. 27 of those towns have at least one. Below: where, how often, and what to ask before bidding.

167

recorded flood events within 2 km of 32 town centres (OPW)

27/32

towns with at least one recorded flood nearby

90%

of Irish towns sampled have a recorded flood nearby (955 of 1,065)

Where Co. Waterford has flooded

Across 32 towns in Co. Waterford, the OPW register holds 167 recorded floods within 2 km of a town centre. By source: river 64, coastal/estuarine waters 54, runoff 5. The towns with the longest record:

Dungarvan	19 events
Clonmel	16 events
Abbeyside	15 events
Waterford City	10 events
Ferrybank	10 events
Waterford	10 events
Gracedieu	9 events
Passage East	9 events

A recorded event marks the town, not the house. Two houses on one road can sit either side of an OPW extent line. The town pages below show the events with dates and OPW notes; the report puts one Eircode on the map.

Check one house in Co. Waterford

The area tells you the odds. The report tells you about the house.

Enter the Eircode. The free snapshot shows which of the twenty-nine checks flag up. The full report (€24.99, one house, no account) puts the exact Eircode on the OPW flood extents, lists recorded floods within 500 m with dates, and checks groundwater and coastal erosion maps.

Or read the sample report first: a real house, 16 pages.

Other checks for Co. Waterford

Flood risk by town in Co. Waterford

Questions people ask

Which towns in Co. Waterford flood most?: By recorded events within 2 km of the town centre: Dungarvan (19), Clonmel (16), Abbeyside (15), Waterford City (10), Ferrybank (10). The OPW register counts reported floods, so a town with a long memory and a local paper scores higher than one where nobody wrote it down.
Is a house in Co. Waterford hard to insure for flood?: It depends on the street, not the county. Insurers use the OPW extents and past-event register at address level. Get the exact Eircode checked and ask the seller for the current policy schedule before you go sale agreed.
Where do these numbers come from?: The OPW past flood events register on floodinfo.ie, counted within 2 km of each town centre for towns with at least 100 registered sales since 2010. Town centres are the median location of Property Price Register sales, from homeprices.ie.

Sources

Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.