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A major flood · 2016

Floods, Meuse and 7 other départements, May 2016

MeuseMeurthe-et-MoselleMoselleArdennesBas-RhinAubeMarneVosges
In blue, the communes declared for this flood: this blue is not the water. In white, the water detected by radar (Copernicus GFM, Sentinel-1). 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, Global Flood Monitoring (© European Union) and IGN ADMIN EXPRESS. Contains modified Copernicus Emergency Management Service information (2026)

  • 729 hectares of water detected by radar (Copernicus GFM, Sentinel-1)

  • 341 hectares in Natura 2000 or under regulatory protection

    47% of the observed flooded area

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

Communes declared
138
Dates per the orders
28 May to 8 June 2016
Départements
Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Moselle, Ardennes, Bas-Rhin and 3 other départements
Flood type
river flooding, runoff or mudflow
Heaviest rainfall
77 mm
in one day (Moselle, 30 May 2016), BASSOMPIERRE station · per Météo-France
  1. 25 May 2016: 0 mm
  2. 26 May 2016: 12 mm
  3. 27 May 2016: 0 mm
  4. 28 May 2016: 6 mm
  5. 29 May 2016: 20 mm
  6. 30 May 2016: 77 mm
  7. 31 May 2016: 1 mm
  8. 1 June 2016: 22 mm
  9. 2 June 2016: 5.5 mm

103 mm from 28 to 30 May, up to the wettest day

The flood's dates

Peak discharge
209 m³/s
L'Orne à Rosselange, on 4 June 2016 · per Hub'Eau
Extent
water detected by radar (Copernicus GFM, Sentinel-1)
729 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.

  • 26 species recorded within reach

  • 8 protected animal species among them

  • 8 Birds

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. A ZNIEFF is a wildlife inventory, with no regulatory protection.

The declared communes

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

MeuseSee the 48 communes

Ancemont, Avioth, Avocourt, Boncourt-sur-Meuse, Buzy-Darmont, Chattancourt, Chauvency-Saint-Hubert, Clermont-en-Argonne, Culey, Delouze-Rosières, Dieue-sur-Meuse, Dombasle-en-Argonne, Dommary-Baroncourt, Duzey, Écouviez, Étain, Guerpont, Gussainville, Houdelaincourt, Ippécourt, Julvécourt, Lachaussée, Lamouilly, Lavoye, Lemmes, Les Souhesmes-Rampont, Loisey, Loison, Mangiennes, Merles-sur-Loison, Moirey-Flabas-Crépion, Montzéville, Mouzay, Nouillonpont, Parfondrupt, Pillon, Rarécourt, Récicourt, Romagne-sous-les-Côtes, Rouvrois-sur-Othain, Saint-Jean-lès-Buzy, Saint-Julien-sous-les-Côtes, Sivry-sur-Meuse, Souilly, Spincourt, Vadelaincourt, Varennes-en-Argonne, Warcq

Meurthe-et-MoselleSee the 41 communes

Abbéville-lès-Conflans, Anoux, Auboué, Avril, Azerailles, Boncourt, Bouxières-aux-Chênes, Brin-sur-Seille, Bruville, Chenicourt, Conflans-en-Jarnisy, Doncourt-lès-Conflans, Fléville-Lixières, Friauville, Giraumont, Grosrouvres, Hagéville, Hannonville-Suzémont, Hatrize, Homécourt, Jarny, Jeandelaincourt, Jeandelize, Landres, Lantéfontaine, Létricourt, Magnières, Mairy-Mainville, Moineville, Moutiers, Murville, Olley, Puxe, Saint-Supplet, Sancy, Thumeréville, Trieux, Tucquegnieux, Val de Briey, Valleroy, Ville-sur-Yron

MoselleSee the 31 communes

Buhl-Lorraine, Cattenom, Craincourt, Entrange, Fontoy, Haraucourt-sur-Seille, Hayange, Hettange-Grande, Hommarting, Illange, Lommerange, Maizières-lès-Metz, Manom, Marange-Silvange, Marsal, Mécleuves, Mondorff, Moyenvic, Moyeuvre-Grande, Moyeuvre-Petite, Neufchef, Pierrevillers, Puttelange-lès-Thionville, Réding, Rombas, Rosselange, Saint-Julien-lès-Metz, Sarrebourg, Terville, Thionville, Vic-sur-Seille

ArdennesSee the 13 communes

Bièvres, Fromy, Grandham, Herbeuval, La Ferté-sur-Chiers, Malandry, Margut, Moiry, Sailly, Sapogne-sur-Marche, Savigny-sur-Aisne, Signy-Montlibert, Villy

Bas-RhinSee the 2 communes

Eschbourg, Preuschdorf

AubeSee the commune

Villenauxe-la-Grande

MarneSee the commune

Clesles

VosgesSee the commune

Badménil-aux-Bois

Download this flood's data

In every file of the dataset, this flood carries the identifier EV-20160528-20160606-54. Its dates were frozen when the identifier was created and differ here from the flood's.

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