Floods, Pyrénées-Orientales and Aude, March 2013
51 communes under a natural disaster declaration (flood)
349 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
- 5 to 7 March 2013
- Départements
- Pyrénées-Orientales and Aude
- Flood type
- wave impact, river flooding, runoff or mudflow
- Heaviest rainfall
- 190 mm
- in one day (Aude, 6 March 2013), PORTEL-DES-CORBIERES station · per Météo-France
- 1 March 2013: 0 mm
- 2 March 2013: 0 mm
- 3 March 2013: 0 mm
- 4 March 2013: 10 mm
- 5 March 2013: 42 mm
- 6 March 2013: 190 mm
- 7 March 2013: 2.5 mm
- 8 March 2013: 1 mm
- 9 March 2013: 0 mm
242 mm from 4 to 6 Mar, up to the wettest day
The flood's dates
- Peak discharge
- 1,157 m³/s
- L'Aude à Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude, on 6 March 2013 · 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.
7,226 species recorded in the declared communes
349 protected animal species among them and 59 protected plants
45 animal species threatened on the national Red List, protected or not (vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered)
244 Birds
35 Mammals, bats included
23 Reptiles
19 Insects
17 Amphibians
11 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".
Mammals, bats included
Birds
The observations cover every season: a migrant bird recorded there may have been away on the day of the flood.
Endangered, breeding birdsDartford Warbler
Endangered, breeding birdsThekla Lark
Endangered, breeding birdsMoustached Warbler
Vulnerable, breeding birdsGreater Flamingo
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEurasian Goldfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsKentish Plover
Vulnerable, breeding birdsCommon Linnet
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEuropean Greenfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsCommon Kingfisher
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.
No ICPE-classified livestock farm located in the declared communes
Géorisques · ICPE281 livestock businesses in the SIRENE register based in the declared communes
SIRENE register · Insee42 veterinary practices based in the declared communes
SIRENE register · Insee60 animal protection associations based in the declared communes
National register of associations8 wildlife associations based in the declared communes
National register of associations
Of the 281 livestock businesses in the SIRENE register: 72 cattle, sheep, goat or pig farms, 29 horse farms, 36 poultry farms and 144 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.
- Corbières orientalesNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Massif de Madres-CoronatFor its birds: Massif du Madres-CoronatNatura 2000, Habitats and Birds Directives
- Basses CorbièresNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Étangs du NarbonnaisNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Complexe lagunaire de SalsesNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Complexe lagunaire de Salses-LeucateNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Montagne de la ClapeNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Massif de la ClapeNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Complexe lagunaire de Bages-SigeanNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- NohèdesNational nature reserve
- Massif des AlbèresNatura 2000, Habitats and Birds Directives
- Complexe lagunaire de CanetFor its birds: Complexe lagunaire de Canet-Saint NazaireNatura 2000, Habitats and Birds Directives
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.
The declared communes
51 communes declared a natural disaster (flood) for this flood, département by département.
Pyrénées-OrientalesSee the 38 communes
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, Argelès-sur-Mer, Campôme, Canet-en-Roussillon, Cassagnes, Catllar, Céret, Claira, Collioure, Espira-de-l'Agly, Estagel, La Bastide, Latour-de-France, Le Barcarès, Le Tech, Maureillas-las-Illas, Maury, Molitg-les-Bains, Montner, Mosset, Nohèdes, Oms, Pézilla-la-Rivière, Pia, Planèzes, Pollestres, Port-Vendres, Prades, Rivesaltes, Saint-Arnac, Saint-Cyprien, Saint-Hippolyte, Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts, Sournia, Tautavel, Torreilles, Trilla, Vinça
AudeSee the 13 communes
Coustouge, Durban-Corbières, Leucate, Narbonne, Ornaisons, Paziols, Raissac-d'Aude, Ribaute, Roquefort-des-Corbières, Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude, Sigean, Talairan, Villedaigne
Download this flood's data
In every file of the dataset, this flood carries the identifier EV-20130305-20130306-66. 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