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Bayons

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04) · INSEE code 04023 · 12,642 ha · 199 inhabitants

Between 2012 and 2025, satellites saw fire in 7 years out of 14, for 48 hotspots.

The worst season is 2012, with 9 hotspots.

The busiest month is February, which carries 33 % of the detections.

In its department, out of the 133 municipalities that saw at least one hotspot, this one ranks 7th.

This year, 15 hotspots have already been detected here, the last one on August 5, 2026.

Hotspots
VIIRS detection
industrial source
48
hotspots since 2012
VIIRS · 2012 to today

Local recurrence

20122025

This area burned in 7 of the 14 complete years from 2012 to 2025.

2026 is not counted: the year is not over.

Hotspots by year

Full constellation. 2026 stops on October 26, so its bar is not comparable to the others.

0 10 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 15 ↗ 26

Declared fires

BDIFF · year 2025, latest published

This table cannot be compared with the hotspots above. BDIFF records fires confirmed on the ground, including very small ones, but it is located to the municipality and published a year behind. Both sources in detail

Alert date Area burned of which forest Suspected cause
06/20/2025 0 ha 0 ha Natural
08/07/2024 2 ha 2 ha Natural
03/18/2019 1 ha 0 ha Unintentional (private individual)
08/29/2017 0 ha — Unintentional (works)
08/26/2017 0 ha 0 ha Accidental
03/17/2017 39 ha 34 ha Unintentional (private individual)
12/11/2016 135 ha 41 ha Unintentional (works)
08/21/2015 0 ha — Unintentional (works)
03/04/2013 15 ha 15 ha Unintentional (works)
03/04/2013 8 ha 8 ha Unintentional (works)
03/04/2013 0 ha — Unintentional (works)
03/16/2012 0 ha 0 ha Unintentional (private individual)
02/29/2012 4 ha 2 ha Unintentional (works)
08/06/2010 0 ha 0 ha Accidental
07/22/2010 0 ha 0 ha Unintentional (private individual)

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