Floods, Bouches-du-Rhône and 2 other départements, October 2019
62 communes under a natural disaster declaration (flood)
341 protected animal species recorded in the declared communes in the ten years before the flood
51 animal species threatened on the national Red List, protected or not
birds: by their population in the flood's season
- Dates per the orders
- 22 to 24 October 2019
- Départements
- Bouches-du-Rhône, Var and Vaucluse
- Flood type
- river flooding, runoff or mudflow
- Heaviest rainfall
- 129.2 mm
- in one day (Var, 23 October 2019), LE CASTELLET station · per Météo-France
- 18 October 2019: 1.2 mm
- 19 October 2019: 0 mm
- 20 October 2019: 46.5 mm
- 21 October 2019: 19.2 mm
- 22 October 2019: 0.8 mm
- 23 October 2019: 129.2 mm
- 24 October 2019: 0 mm
- 25 October 2019: 0.4 mm
- 26 October 2019: 0.2 mm
149.2 mm from 21 to 23 Oct, up to the wettest day
The flood's dates
- Peak discharge
- 84 m³/s
- L'Arc à Berre-l'Étang - Saint-Estève, on 24 October 2019 · 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.
7,184 species recorded in the declared communes
341 protected animal species among them and 79 protected plants
51 animal species threatened on the national Red List, protected or not (vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered)
248 Birds
35 Mammals, bats included
19 Reptiles
17 Insects
13 Amphibians
9 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.
Critically endangered, breeding birdsPin-Tailed Sandgrouse
Endangered, breeding birdsDartford Warbler
Endangered, breeding birdsLittle Bustard
Endangered, breeding birdsSouthern Grey Shrike
Endangered, breeding birdsCalandra Lark
Endangered, breeding birdsEurasian Tree Sparrow
Endangered, breeding birdsBonelli's Eagle
Endangered, passage birdsOrtolan Bunting
Endangered, breeding birdsMoustached Warbler
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEurasian Goldfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEuropean Greenfinch
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.
3 ICPE-classified livestock farms located in the declared communes
Géorisques · ICPE1,032 livestock businesses in the SIRENE register based in the declared communes
SIRENE register · Insee357 veterinary practices based in the declared communes
SIRENE register · Insee333 animal protection associations based in the declared communes
National register of associations37 wildlife associations based in the declared communes
National register of associations
Of the 1,032 livestock businesses in the SIRENE register: 131 cattle, sheep, goat or pig farms, 78 horse farms, 76 poultry farms and 747 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.
- Montagne Sainte VictoireNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Garrigues de Lançon et Chaînes alentourNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Calanques et îles marseillaises - Cap Canaille et massif du Grand CaunetNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Massif de la Sainte-BaumeNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- CalanquesNational park core
- Montagne Sainte VictoireNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Chaîne de l'Etoile- massif du GarlabanNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- CrauNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Crau centrale - Crau sècheNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- La plaine et le massif des MauresNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Sainte-Baume occidentaleNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Val d'ArgensNatura 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
62 communes declared a natural disaster (flood) for this flood, département by département.
Bouches-du-RhôneSee the 30 communes
Allauch, Aubagne, Auriol, Berre-l'Étang, Carnoux-en-Provence, Cassis, Ceyreste, Cuges-les-Pins, Ensuès-la-Redonne, Fos-sur-Mer, Fuveau, Gignac-la-Nerthe, Gréasque, Istres, La Bouilladisse, La Ciotat, La Fare-les-Oliviers, Lambesc, Lançon-Provence, Les Pennes-Mirabeau, Marseille, Martigues, Mimet, Pélissanne, Roquefort-la-Bédoule, Saint-Savournin, Saint-Victoret, Trets, Vauvenargues, Vitrolles
VarSee the 30 communes
Bandol, Bras, Brignoles, Cabasse, Correns, Gonfaron, La Cadière-d'Azur, La Garde, La Seyne-sur-Mer, La Valette-du-Var, La Verdière, Le Beausset, Le Cannet-des-Maures, Le Castellet, Le Pradet, Le Revest-les-Eaux, Mazaugues, Ollioules, Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume, Pourcieux, Pourrières, Rians, Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, Sanary-sur-Mer, Seillons-Source-d'Argens, Six-Fours-les-Plages, Toulon, Tourves, Varages
VaucluseSee the 2 communes
Pertuis, Puget
Download this flood's data
In every file of the dataset, this flood carries the identifier EV-20191022-20191023-13. 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