Floods, Seine-et-Marne and 6 other départements, June 2018
55 communes under a natural disaster declaration (flood)
226 protected animal species recorded in the declared communes in the ten years before the flood
29 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 8 June 2018
- Départements
- Seine-et-Marne, Oise, Somme, Seine-Saint-Denis, Marne and 2 other départements
- Flood type
- river flooding, runoff or mudflow
- Heaviest rainfall
- 83 mm
- in one day (Marne, 5 June 2018), CHARLEVILLE station · per Météo-France
- 31 May 2018: 0.4 mm
- 1 June 2018: 6.2 mm
- 2 June 2018: 0.1 mm
- 3 June 2018: 0.2 mm
- 4 June 2018: 2.5 mm
- 5 June 2018: 83 mm
- 6 June 2018: 3 mm
- 7 June 2018: 0 mm
- 8 June 2018: 0 mm
85.7 mm from 3 to 5 Jun, up to the wettest day
The flood's dates
- Peak discharge
- 38 m³/s
- Le Grand Morin à Meilleray, on 5 June 2018 · 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.
3,836 species recorded in the declared communes
226 protected animal species among them and 5 protected plants
29 animal species threatened on the national Red List, protected or not (vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered)
165 Birds
24 Mammals, bats included
13 Amphibians
11 Reptiles
9 Fish, molluscs and crayfish
4 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, passage birdsOrtolan Bunting
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEurasian Goldfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsYellowhammer
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEuropean Greenfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsCommon Kingfisher
Vulnerable, breeding birdsCommon Linnet
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEurasian Bullfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsMeadow Pipit
Vulnerable, breeding birdsLesser Spotted Woodpecker
Amphibians
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 · ICPE128 livestock businesses in the SIRENE register based in the declared communes
SIRENE register · Insee37 veterinary practices based in the declared communes
SIRENE register · Insee26 animal protection associations based in the declared communes
National register of associations2 wildlife associations based in the declared communes
National register of associations
Of the 128 livestock businesses in the SIRENE register: 17 cattle, sheep, goat or pig farms, 6 horse farms, 9 poultry farms and 96 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.
- Le Petit Morin de Verdelot à Saint-Cyr-sur-MorinNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Boucles de la MarneNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Forêts picardes : massif des trois forêts et bois du RoiNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Sites de Seine-Saint-DenisNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Étangs et marais du bassin de la SommeNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Marais de LeschesBiotope protection order
- Rivière du VannetinNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Vallée du Petit Morin de Verdelot à la Ferte sous-JouarreZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)
- Vallée de la Marne de Coupvray à PomponneZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)
- Forêts d'Armainvilliers et de FerrieresZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)
- Forêt de CrecyZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)
- Plan d'eau de la Boucle de JablinesZNIEFF type I (inventoried natural area)
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
55 communes declared a natural disaster (flood) for this flood, région by région, then département by département.
Île-de-FranceSeine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Essonne
Seine-et-MarneSee the 31 communes
Annet-sur-Marne, Bellot, Choisy-en-Brie, Doue, Esbly, Évry-Grégy-sur-Yerre, Favières, Guérard, Jablines, La Chapelle-Moutils, La Ferté-Gaucher, La Trétoire, Longperrier, Marolles-en-Brie, Meilleray, Montdauphin, Montolivet, Mouroux, Orly-sur-Morin, Othis, Pierre-Levée, Rebais, Sablonnières, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Denis-lès-Rebais, Saint-Jean-les-Deux-Jumeaux, Saint-Léger, Saint-Martin-des-Champs, Sammeron, Signy-Signets, Tournan-en-Brie
Seine-Saint-DenisSee the 5 communes
Bondy, Les Pavillons-sous-Bois, Neuilly-Plaisance, Neuilly-sur-Marne, Villemomble
EssonneSee the commune
Dannemois
Hauts-de-FranceOise, Somme
OiseSee the 7 communes
Acy-en-Multien, Boissy-Fresnoy, Bouillancy, Brégy, Nanteuil-le-Haudouin, Réez-Fosse-Martin, Ver-sur-Launette
SommeSee the 5 communes
Biaches, Bray-sur-Somme, Chuignes, Méaulte, Warloy-Baillon
Grand EstMarne, Haute-Marne
MarneSee the 3 communes
Boissy-le-Repos, Mécringes, Rieux
Haute-MarneSee the 3 communes
Humes-Jorquenay, Langres, Saint-Martin-lès-Langres
This flood's data
In every file of the dataset, this flood carries the identifier EV-20180606-20180606-77. Its dates were frozen when the identifier was created and differ here from the flood's.
The full dataset is released on 13 October at 6:00 (Paris time). Until then, we send it on request: presse@animalert.app.
Ask for the datasetpublic on 13 October at 6:00Recognised and listed
Public on data.gouv.fr on 13 October at 6:00
A project labelled by the French StateNational Resilience Day 2026 (Journée nationale de la résilience)
Registered with GBIFDerived dataset, DOI 10.15468/dd.ta4vkx