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La Rochette

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04) · INSEE code 04170 · 1,868 ha · 74 inhabitants

Between 2012 and 2025, satellites saw fire in 3 years out of 14, for 58 hotspots.

Most of it comes down to a single season: 2022 accounts for 31, or 53 % of the total. The other years are nowhere near.

The busiest month is October, which carries 38 % of the detections.

In its department, out of the 133 municipalities that saw at least one hotspot, this one ranks 5th.

The last detection goes back to October 6, 2023.

Low danger for tomorrow

Météo des forêts · September 10, 2026

The expected weather conditions and recent rainfall reduce the risk of fires starting and spreading.

Bulletin published for the whole of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, not for this municipality in particular.

Hotspots
VIIRS detection
industrial source
58
hotspots since 2012
VIIRS · 2012 to today

Local recurrence

20122025

This area burned in 3 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 September 10, so its bar is not comparable to the others.

0 20 40 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 31 22 23 24 25 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
10/06/2023 44 ha 13 ha Unintentional (works)
04/08/2022 86 ha 86 ha Arson
02/07/2020 5 ha 5 ha Unintentional (works)
04/20/2007 1 ha 0 ha Natural

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