Floods, Doubs and 7 other départements, June 2016
199 communes under a natural disaster declaration (flood)
265 protected animal species recorded in the declared communes in the ten years before the flood
37 animal species threatened on the national Red List, protected or not
birds: by their population in the flood's season
- Dates per the orders
- 24 to 25 June 2016
- Départements
- Doubs, Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin, Territoire de Belfort, Haute-Saône and 3 other départements
- Flood type
- river flooding, runoff or mudflow, rising groundwater
- Heaviest rainfall
- 92.5 mm
- in one day (Territoire de Belfort, 24 June 2016), FELON station · per Météo-France
- 19 June 2016: 12.4 mm
- 20 June 2016: 5.4 mm
- 21 June 2016: 0 mm
- 22 June 2016: 0.2 mm
- 23 June 2016: 0.2 mm
- 24 June 2016: 92.5 mm
- 25 June 2016: 0.4 mm
- 26 June 2016: 0 mm
- 27 June 2016: 0.2 mm
92.9 mm from 22 to 24 Jun, up to the wettest day
The flood's dates
- Peak discharge
- 147 m³/s
- L'Allan à Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard, on 25 June 2016 · 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.
5,333 species recorded in the declared communes
265 protected animal species among them and 21 protected plants
37 animal species threatened on the national Red List, protected or not (vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered)
181 Birds
36 Mammals, bats included
15 Amphibians
13 Fish, molluscs and crayfish
11 Reptiles
9 Insects
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 birdsEurasian Tree Sparrow
Endangered, breeding birdsGrey-Headed Woodpecker
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEuropean Greenfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsYellowhammer
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEurasian Goldfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsRed Kite
Vulnerable, breeding birdsCommon Kingfisher
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEuropean Serin
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEurasian Bullfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsCommon Linnet
Mammals, bats included
Fish, molluscs and crayfish
For fish, national protection (order of 8 December 1988) covers their eggs and spawning grounds: several are fished legally.
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.
4 ICPE-classified livestock farms located in the declared communes
Géorisques · ICPE736 livestock businesses in the SIRENE register based in the declared communes
SIRENE register · Insee46 veterinary practices based in the declared communes
SIRENE register · Insee32 animal protection associations based in the declared communes
National register of associations6 wildlife associations based in the declared communes
National register of associations
Of the 736 livestock businesses in the SIRENE register: 286 cattle, sheep, goat or pig farms, 63 horse farms, 20 poultry farms and 367 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.
- Vallées de la Loue et du LisonNatura 2000, Habitats and Birds Directives
- Massif du Donon, du Schneeberg et du GrossmannNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Étangs et Vallées du Territoire de BelfortNatura 2000, Habitats and Birds Directives
- Secteur Alluvial Rhin-Ried-Bruch, Bas-RhinNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Ecrevisse à Pattes Blanches et Faune Patrimoniale Associée (25)Biotope protection order
- Reculée des Planches près ArboisFor its birds: Reculée des Planches près d'ArboisNatura 2000, Habitats and Birds Directives
- Massif Forestier de Strasbourg-Neuhof/Illkirch-GraffenstadenNational nature reserve
- Biotope de l'Écrevisse à Pattes Blanches et de la Truite FarioBiotope protection order
- Ecrevisse à Pattes Blanches et Faune Patrimoniale Associée (39)Biotope protection order
- Corniches Calcaires du Département du DoubsBiotope protection order
- Massif vosgienNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Collines du Piémont vosgien avec grands ensembles de vergers, de Saverne à MutzigZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)
A marsh can be designated twice under Natura 2000, for its habitats and for its birds: when both sites carry the same name, or have the same extent and almost the same area here, they share one row. Natura 2000 areas overlap and do not add up. A ZNIEFF is a wildlife inventory, with no regulatory protection.
The declared communes
199 communes declared a natural disaster (flood) for this flood, région by région, then département by département.
Bourgogne-Franche-ComtéDoubs, Territoire de Belfort, Haute-Saône, Jura
DoubsSee the 78 communes
Aibre, Allondans, Amondans, Anteuil, Appenans, Arcey, Bart, Bavans, Berche, Bethoncourt, Beutal, Blussangeaux, Blussans, Bremondans, Bretigney, Cademène, Chaux-lès-Passavant, Chay, Cléron, Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard, Cussey-sur-Lison, Dambelin, Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs, Désandans, Dung, Échay, Échenans, Épeugney, Éternoz-Vallée-du-Lison, Étouvans, Étrappe, Faimbe, Gémonval, Goux-lès-Dambelin, Goux-sous-Landet, Hyémondans, Issans, L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs, La Prétière, Laire, Lanans, Le Val, Le Vernoy, Les Monts-Ronds, Lizine, Longevelle-sur-Doubs, Lougres, Malans, Malbrans, Mancenans, Médière, Montbéliard, Montenois, Myon, Nancray, Nommay, Onans, Ornans, Pays-de-Clerval, Présentevillers, Rang, Raynans, Rouhe, Rurey, Saint-Julien-lès-Montbéliard, Saint-Maurice-Colombier, Sainte-Suzanne, Scey-Maisières, Semondans, Servin, Sourans, Tarcenay-Foucherans, Trépot, Vaudrivillers, Vellevans, Vieux-Charmont, Villars-sous-Écot, Villers-le-Lac
Territoire de BelfortSee the 24 communes
Angeot, Argiésans, Bavilliers, Belfort, Boron, Buc, Châtenois-les-Forges, Chavanatte, Cravanche, Essert, Faverois, Felon, Foussemagne, Joncherey, Lachapelle-sous-Chaux, Lachapelle-sous-Rougemont, Leval, Meroux-Moval, Offemont, Reppe, Suarce, Urcerey, Valdoie, Vauthiermont
Haute-SaôneSee the 20 communes
Belles-Fontaines, Brevilliers, Champey, Chavanne, Coisevaux, Couthenans, Crevans-et-la-Chapelle-lès-Granges, Échenans-sous-Mont-Vaudois, Faymont, Granges-le-Bourg, Héricourt, Luze, Mandrevillars, Mignavillers, Saulnot, Secenans, Trémoins, Verlans, Villers-sur-Saulnot, Vyans-le-Val
JuraSee the 9 communes
Arbois, Ivrey, Les Arsures, Montigny-lès-Arsures, Montmarlon, Pupillin, Saizenay, Salins-les-Bains, Villette-lès-Arbois
Grand EstHaut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin, Moselle, Vosges
Haut-RhinSee the 26 communes
Aspach-le-Bas, Balschwiller, Bernwiller, Bettendorf, Bretten, Buethwiller, Burnhaupt-le-Bas, Burnhaupt-le-Haut, Diefmatten, Elbach, Eteimbes, Falkwiller, Gildwiller, Hecken, Hundsbach, Illtal, Manspach, Retzwiller, Richwiller, Ruederbach, Soppe-le-Bas, Sternenberg, Traubach-le-Bas, Traubach-le-Haut, Ungersheim, Waldighoffen
Bas-RhinSee the 24 communes
Balbronn, Bergbieten, Flexbourg, Gœrlingen, Hangenbieten, Heiligenberg, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, Innenheim, Kintzheim, Kogenheim, Kuttolsheim, Landersheim, Limersheim, Marlenheim, Ostwald, Rangen, Sommerau, Still, Traenheim, Wangen, Wasselonne, Westhoffen, Willgottheim, Zeinheim
MoselleSee the 13 communes
Brouderdorff, Buhl-Lorraine, Hartzviller, Hellering-lès-Fénétrange, Hesse, Hilbesheim, Métairies-Saint-Quirin, Niderviller, Nitting, Réding, Sarraltroff, Sarrebourg, Voyer
VosgesSee the 5 communes
Neuvillers-sur-Fave, Pair-et-Grandrupt, Senones, Taintrux, Vieux-Moulin
Download this flood's data
In every file of the dataset, this flood carries the identifier EV-20160625-20160625-25-25008. 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
