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Hautes-Alpes
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · code 05 · 162 municipalities
Low danger for tomorrow
Météo des forêts · September 10, 2026The expected weather conditions and recent rainfall reduce the risk of fires starting and spreading.
The day after: Low danger.
Published by Météo-France, combining temperature, humidity, wind and vegetation dryness. It is not a fire forecast: it is how easily a fire would spread if one started.
2026 stops on September 9.
| Year | Points chauds |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 27 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 15 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 27 |
| 2022 | 33 |
| 2023 | 60 |
| 2024 | 19 |
| 2025 | 29 |
| 2026 (en cours) | 410 |
Worst affected municipalities
Cumulative hotspots since 2012.
| Municipality | Hotspots | Recurrence |
|---|---|---|
| Freissinières | 216 |
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| L'Argentière-la-Bessée | 151 |
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| Chanousse | 33 |
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| L'Épine | 26 |
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| Montmaur | 17 |
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| Ribeyret | 16 |
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| La Roche-de-Rame | 15 |
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| Le Poët | 14 |
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| Montjay | 14 |
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| La Roche-des-Arnauds | 14 |
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Why they start
Out of 314 declared fires whose cause is recorded, that is 80 % of those in the department.
BDIFF source. An investigation succeeds more often when a fire is large or suspicious: arson is probably over-represented here.
Cite this page
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FeuxFrance, independent observatory of vegetation fires in France. "Vegetation fires in Hautes-Alpes", data of September 9, 2026. https://feuxfrance.com/en/departments/05-hautes-alpes
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