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A major flood · 2015

Floods, Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud, October 2015

Haute-CorseCorse-du-Sud
In blue, the communes declared for this flood: this blue is not the water. In white, the flooded area observed by Copernicus EMS over the mapped sectors. In coral, the Natura 2000 sites and those under regulatory protection, in bright coral their part within that area. Hover over a département to read its name. Map: Animalert, from GASPAR (Géorisques), Copernicus EMS (© European Union) and IGN ADMIN EXPRESS

  • 734 hectares of flooded area observed by Copernicus EMS over the mapped sectors

  • 170 hectares in Natura 2000 or under regulatory protection

    23% of the observed flooded area

  • 61 protected animal species recorded within reach in the ten years before the flood

Communes declared
103
Dates per the orders
1 to 2 October 2015
Départements
Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud
Flood type
wave impact, river flooding, runoff or mudflow
Heaviest rainfall
262.8 mm
in one day (Haute-Corse, 1 October 2015), SCATA station · per Météo-France
  1. 26 September 2015: 0 mm
  2. 27 September 2015: 0 mm
  3. 28 September 2015: 0 mm
  4. 29 September 2015: 1.5 mm
  5. 30 September 2015: 18.4 mm
  6. 1 October 2015: 262.8 mm
  7. 2 October 2015: 66.8 mm
  8. 3 October 2015: 0 mm
  9. 4 October 2015: 0 mm

282.7 mm from 29 Sep to 1 Oct, up to the wettest day

The flood's dates

Peak discharge
1,222 m³/s
Le Golo à Volpajola - Barchetta, on 2 October 2015 · provisional Hub'Eau value, it can be revised
Extent
flooded area observed by Copernicus EMS over the mapped sectors
734 ha

Protected species recorded within reach

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.

  • 271 species recorded within reach

  • 61 protected animal species among them and 4 protected plants

  • 58 Birds

  • 2 Reptiles

  • 1 Insects

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 "within reach or nearby".

Birds

The observations cover every season: a migrant bird recorded there may have been away on the day of the flood.

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 within reach of the flood, 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 within the flood's reach

    Géorisques · ICPE

  • No livestock business in the SIRENE register based within the flood's reach

    SIRENE register · Insee

  • No veterinary practice based within the flood's reach

    SIRENE register · Insee

  • No animal protection association based within the flood's reach

    National register of associations

  • No wildlife association based within the flood's reach

    National register of associations

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. Associations are counted at their declared address: an association or a care centre based outside the area can work across all of it.

Protected areas within reach

Area of each site within reach of the flood, and the share of the site it represents. Natura 2000 and regulatory protection first, then the ZNIEFF.

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

103 communes declared a natural disaster (flood) for this flood, département by département.

Haute-CorseSee the 91 communes

Bastia, Bigorno, Biguglia, Bisinchi, Brando, Cambia, Campana, Campile, Canavaggia, Carcheto-Brustico, Carpineto, Carticasi, Casalta, Castellare-di-Casinca, Castello-di-Rostino, Castifao, Castineta, Corbara, Croce, Crocicchia, Erbajolo, Favalello, Ficaja, Focicchia, Gavignano, Giocatojo, L'Île-Rousse, La Porta, Lama, Lucciana, Moltifao, Monacia-d'Orezza, Monte, Morosaglia, Murato, Nocario, Novella, Occhiatana, Oletta, Olmeta-di-Tuda, Olmi-Cappella, Olmo, Omessa, Ortiporio, Palasca, Parata, Penta-Acquatella, Penta-di-Casinca, Piano, Piazzole, Pie-d'Orezza, Piedicroce, Piedigriggio, Piedipartino, Pietralba, Piève, Poggio-d'Oletta, Poggio-di-Nazza, Poggio-Marinaccio, Polveroso, Prunelli-di-Casacconi, Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo, Pruno, Quercitello, Rapaggio, Rapale, Rutali, Saint-Florent, Saliceto, San-Damiano, San-Gavino-di-Tenda, San-Martino-di-Lota, Santa-Lucia-di-Moriani, Santa-Reparata-di-Balagna, Scata, Scolca, Silvareccio, Solaro, Sorio, Speloncato, Stazzona, Taglio-Isolaccio, Urtaca, Valle-d'Orezza, Valle-di-Rostino, Vallecalle, Velone-Orneto, Venzolasca, Verdèse, Vescovato, Volpajola

Corse-du-SudSee the 12 communes

Casalabriva, Grosseto-Prugna, Lecci, Olmeto, Porto-Vecchio, Propriano, Sarrola-Carcopino, Sartène, Serra-di-Ferro, Sollacaro, Viggianello, Zicavo

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In every file of the dataset, this flood carries the identifier EV-20151001-20151002-2B.

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