Floods, Alpes-Maritimes and 3 other départements, October 2015
68 communes under a natural disaster declaration (flood)
346 protected animal species recorded in the declared communes in the ten years before the flood
49 animal species threatened on the national Red List, protected or not
birds: by their population in the flood's season
- Dates per the orders
- 3 to 4 October 2015
- Départements
- Alpes-Maritimes, Var, Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône
- Flood type
- river flooding, runoff or mudflow
- Heaviest rainfall
- 195.5 mm
- in one day (Alpes-Maritimes, 3 October 2015), CANNES station · per Météo-France
- 28 September 2015: 2 mm
- 29 September 2015: 0 mm
- 30 September 2015: 0 mm
- 1 October 2015: 38.3 mm
- 2 October 2015: 50 mm
- 3 October 2015: 195.5 mm
- 4 October 2015: 0 mm
- 5 October 2015: 0 mm
- 6 October 2015: 0.2 mm
283.8 mm from 1 to 3 Oct, up to the wettest day
The flood's dates
- Peak discharge
- 458 m³/s
- La Durance à Caumont-sur-Durance, Bonpas, barrage, on 4 October 2015 · per Hub'Eau
- Extent
- communes under a natural disaster declaration (flood)
Protected species recorded in the declared communes
Observations recorded in the ten years before the flood, some known only to within a few kilometres, up to 10 km, when their published position is blurred or given by grid square. They tell which species were reported there, not what became of each animal.
6,978 species recorded in the declared communes
346 protected animal species among them and 68 protected plants
49 animal species threatened on the national Red List, protected or not (vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered)
243 Birds
34 Mammals, bats included
23 Reptiles
16 Insects
15 Amphibians
15 Fish, molluscs and crayfish
For birds, the category is the one of their population at the flood's season (breeding, wintering or passage birds): a bird with no dated record in the declared communes in that season in the GBIF data has none, and the breeding category needs at least two dated records in June or July. In the migration season (March, August to October), a bird that neither the passage list nor the wintering list assesses takes its breeding category only if it was recorded at least twice in the declared communes in June or July. The list used is named under each species.
The most notable protected animal species
Species with at least three observations (for a bird, three in the months that give it its category, and no bird without a record at the flood's season), the most threatened first, then the most recorded. An observation is a published record: it can count one or several animals, and the same animal can be noted several times. When their published position is imprecise, blurred or given by grid square, they are said to be "in the communes or nearby".
Birds
The observations cover every season: a migrant bird recorded there may have been away on the day of the flood.
Endangered, breeding birdsDartford Warbler
Endangered, breeding birdsSouthern Grey Shrike
Endangered, breeding birdsEurasian Tree Sparrow
Endangered, breeding birdsBonelli's Eagle
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEurasian Goldfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEuropean Greenfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsCommon Kingfisher
Vulnerable, breeding birdsZitting Cisticola
Vulnerable, breeding birdsLesser Spotted Woodpecker
Vulnerable, breeding birdsGolden Eagle
Vulnerable, breeding birdsCommon Linnet
Reptiles
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC0, public domain). Credit for each photo
In the water's path
Establishments registered today in the communes declared for this flood, taken whole, at their declared address or at the point Géorisques gives. They were not necessarily there on the day of the flood, and the dataset does not say whether they were flooded. An ICPE-classified farm can also be in the SIRENE register: these counts do not add up.
No ICPE-classified livestock farm located in the declared communes
Géorisques · ICPE725 livestock businesses in the SIRENE register based in the declared communes
SIRENE register · Insee322 veterinary practices based in the declared communes
SIRENE register · Insee111 animal protection associations based in the declared communes
National register of associations16 wildlife associations based in the declared communes
National register of associations
Of the 725 livestock businesses in the SIRENE register: 71 cattle, sheep, goat or pig farms, 67 horse farms, 48 poultry farms and 539 farms of other animals.
A wildlife association is an association whose declared purpose in the national register of associations is the preservation of wildlife: the register does not say whether it runs an authorised care centre.
Protected areas in the declared communes
The sites the communes declared for this flood extend over, taken whole, dry sectors included. Natura 2000 and regulatory protection first, then the ZNIEFF, each by its area in these communes. These are not flooded areas: they are not given.
- EsterelNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Massif du LuberonNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Massif du Petit LuberonNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Biotope des Grands Rapaces du LubéronBiotope protection order
- Les AlpillesNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Préalpes de GrasseNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Colle du RouetNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Préalpes de GrasseNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Les AlpillesNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Forêt de Palayson - bois du RouetNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Val d'ArgensNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Crau centrale - Crau sècheNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
A marsh can be designated twice under Natura 2000, for its birds and for its habitats: the areas overlap and do not add up.
The declared communes
68 communes declared a natural disaster (flood) for this flood, département by département.
Alpes-MaritimesSee the 32 communes
Antibes, Biot, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Cannes, Châteauneuf-Grasse, Èze, Grasse, La Colle-sur-Loup, La Gaude, La Roquette-sur-Siagne, La Trinité, La Turbie, Le Cannet, Le Rouret, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Mouans-Sartoux, Mougins, Nice, Opio, Pégomas, Peymeinade, Roquefort-les-Pins, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Théoule-sur-Mer, Tourrettes-sur-Loup, Valbonne, Vallauris, Vence, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Villeneuve-Loubet
VarSee the 19 communes
Brignoles, Cabasse, Callas, Camps-la-Source, Flassans-sur-Issole, Flayosc, Forcalqueiret, Fréjus, La Motte, La Roquebrussanne, Le Thoronet, Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel, Les Arcs, Méounes-lès-Montrieux, Néoules, Puget-sur-Argens, Saint-Antonin-du-Var, Saint-Raphaël, Trans-en-Provence
VaucluseSee the 14 communes
Aubignan, Beaumes-de-Venise, Caumont-sur-Durance, Cheval-Blanc, Le Thor, Loriol-du-Comtat, Ménerbes, Mérindol, Monteux, Murs, Pernes-les-Fontaines, Robion, Roussillon, Sarrians
Bouches-du-RhôneSee the 3 communes
Eyguières, Mallemort, Sénas
Download this flood's data
In every file of the dataset, this flood carries the identifier EV-20151003-20151003-06. Its dates were frozen when the identifier was created and differ here from the flood's.
Recognised and listed
A project labelled by the French StateNational Resilience Day 2026 (Journée nationale de la résilience)
Registered with GBIFDerived dataset, DOI 10.15468/dd.ta4vkx