Floods, Nord and 4 other départements, June 2016
86 communes under a natural disaster declaration (flood)
225 protected animal species recorded in the declared communes in the ten years before the flood
45 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 June 2016
- Départements
- Nord, Aisne, Oise, Somme and Pas-de-Calais
- Flood type
- river flooding, runoff or mudflow
- Heaviest rainfall
- 49.2 mm
- in one day (Oise, 23 June 2016), CANDOR station · per Météo-France
- 18 June 2016: 0.6 mm
- 19 June 2016: 0.2 mm
- 20 June 2016: 12.5 mm
- 21 June 2016: 2.6 mm
- 22 June 2016: 0.2 mm
- 23 June 2016: 49.2 mm
- 24 June 2016: 0.1 mm
- 25 June 2016: 0.5 mm
- 26 June 2016: 0.5 mm
52 mm from 21 to 23 Jun, up to the wettest day
The flood's dates
- Peak discharge
- 29 m³/s
- L'Helpe Majeure à Flaumont-Waudrechies, on 23 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.
3,344 species recorded in the declared communes
225 protected animal species among them and 4 protected plants
45 animal species threatened on the national Red List, protected or not (vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered)
169 Birds
18 Mammals, bats included
15 Amphibians
11 Fish, molluscs and crayfish
7 Reptiles
5 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 birdsReed Bunting
Endangered, breeding birdsLittle Bittern
Endangered, breeding birdsEurasian Tree Sparrow
Endangered, breeding birdsSavi's Warbler
Vulnerable, breeding birdsYellowhammer
Vulnerable, breeding birdsCommon Linnet
Vulnerable, breeding birdsCommon Kingfisher
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEuropean Greenfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEurasian Bullfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEurasian Goldfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEuropean Serin
Vulnerable, breeding birdsMeadow Pipit
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.
35 ICPE-classified livestock farms located in the declared communes
Géorisques · ICPE387 livestock businesses in the SIRENE register based in the declared communes
SIRENE register · Insee51 veterinary practices based in the declared communes
SIRENE register · Insee28 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 387 livestock businesses in the SIRENE register: 185 cattle, sheep, goat or pig farms, 19 horse farms, 26 poultry farms and 157 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.
- Vallée de la SambreNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Cuvette de Clairmarais - Nieurlet - NoordpeeneBiotope protection order
- Hautes Vallées de la Solre, de la Thure, de la Hante et leurs versants boisés et bocagersNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Complexe écologique de la Fagne ForestièreZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)
- Bocage et forêts de ThiéracheZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)
- Forêt du Nouvion et ses lisièresZNIEFF type I (inventoried natural area)
- Haute Vallée de la Thure et ses versants boisésZNIEFF type I (inventoried natural area)
- Complexe bocager et couronne boisée de Dourlers, Saint-Aubin et FloursiesZNIEFF type I (inventoried natural area)
- La Thiérache bocagèreZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)
- Vallée de l’Helpe Majeur entre Ramousies et Noyelles-sur-SambreZNIEFF type I (inventoried natural area)
- Massif de Thiescourt/Attiche et bois de RicquebourgZNIEFF type I (inventoried natural area)
- Vallée de l'Oise de Hirson à ThourotteZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)
A ZNIEFF is a wildlife inventory, with no regulatory protection.
The declared communes
86 communes declared a natural disaster (flood) for this flood, département by département.
NordSee the 48 communes
Aibes, Arnèke, Avesnelles, Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Bachant, Banteux, Bas-Lieu, Beaurieux, Beugnies, Bousignies-sur-Roc, Boussois, Busigny, Buysscheure, Clairfayts, Colleret, Cousolre, Dimechaux, Dimont, Élesmes, Feignies, Felleries, Ferrière-la-Grande, Ferrière-la-Petite, Flaumont-Waudrechies, Floyon, Hestrud, Lez-Fontaine, Louvroil, Mairieux, Merckeghem, Millam, Nieurlet, Noordpeene, Obrechies, Pont-sur-Sambre, Quaëdypre, Recquignies, Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe, Sars-Poteries, Sémeries, Solre-le-Château, Vendegies-sur-Écaillon, Vieux-Reng, Villers-Sire-Nicole, Wattignies-la-Victoire, Wemaers-Cappel, Wormhout, Zermezeele
AisneSee the 15 communes
Becquigny, Castres, Gauchy, Grugies, Hannapes, Harly, Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, Lesdins, Lesquielles-Saint-Germain, Neuville-Saint-Amand, Omissy, Saint-Quentin, Seraucourt-le-Grand, Vadencourt, Vénérolles
OiseSee the 15 communes
Beaulieu-les-Fontaines, Campagne, Candor, Cernoy, Dives, Écuvilly, Gury, La Neuville-sur-Ressons, Laberlière, Lassigny, Libermont, Mareuil-la-Motte, Margny-sur-Matz, Ressons-sur-Matz, Ricquebourg
SommeSee the 6 communes
Beuvraignes, Eppeville, Esmery-Hallon, Ham, Muille-Villette, Voyennes
Pas-de-CalaisSee the 2 communes
Outreau, Wizernes
Download this flood's data
In every file of the dataset, this flood carries the identifier EV-20160623-20160623-59. 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