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Lozère
Occitanie · code 48 · 152 municipalities
These fires are lit
40 % of these detections fall in December, January or February, when vegetation does not burn on its own: this is prescribed burning, pastoral écobuage, lit deliberately to maintain summer pastures.
The figures below count them, because vegetation really is burning. They are not comparable to those of a Mediterranean department, where the peak is in July.
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 | 147 |
| 2013 | 51 |
| 2014 | 141 |
| 2015 | 181 |
| 2016 | 92 |
| 2017 | 242 |
| 2018 | 22 |
| 2019 | 392 |
| 2020 | 151 |
| 2021 | 284 |
| 2022 | 327 |
| 2023 | 145 |
| 2024 | 156 |
| 2025 | 151 |
| 2026 (en cours) | 412 |
Worst affected municipalities
Cumulative hotspots since 2012.
| Municipality | Hotspots | Recurrence |
|---|---|---|
| Pont de Montvert - Sud Mont Lozère | 644 |
|
| Altier | 205 |
|
| Meyrueis | 179 |
|
| Prévenchères | 161 |
|
| Bassurels | 155 |
|
| Cassagnas | 116 |
|
| Cans et Cévennes | 114 |
|
| Vialas | 105 |
|
| Arzenc-de-Randon | 68 |
|
| Rousses | 66 |
|
Why they start
Out of 647 declared fires whose cause is recorded, that is 71 % 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
The figures on this page can be reused freely. This reference carries the date of the data, not the date of your visit: that is what lets you find the exact version of a figure later on.
FeuxFrance, independent observatory of vegetation fires in France. "Vegetation fires in Lozère", data of September 9, 2026. https://feuxfrance.com/en/departments/48-lozere
Free to reuse, provided you also cite the original source (NASA FIRMS, EFFIS or BDIFF) and do not present satellite hotspots as declared fires.