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Rigaud

Alpes-Maritimes (06) · INSEE code 06101 · 3,223 ha · 165 inhabitants

Between 2012 and 2025, satellites saw fire in 4 years out of 14, for 24 hotspots.

The worst season is 2024, with 6 hotspots.

The busiest month is March, which carries 88 % of the detections.

In its department, out of the 116 municipalities that saw at least one hotspot, this one ranks 18th.

The last detection goes back to March 19, 2024.

Moderate danger for tomorrow

Météo des forêts · September 10, 2026

The weather conditions do not significantly worsen the risk of fires starting and spreading.

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

Hotspots
VIIRS detection
industrial source
24
hotspots since 2012
VIIRS · 2012 to today

Local recurrence

20122025

This area burned in 4 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 5 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 6 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
04/01/2018 1 ha Not recorded
08/03/2017 8 ha 8 ha Unintentional (works)
01/03/2015 0 ha Not recorded
12/08/2013 3 ha Not recorded
01/08/2012 0 ha 0 ha Arson
04/10/2010 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
02/26/2009 15 ha 0 ha Arson
02/15/2009 11 ha 0 ha Arson
02/14/2009 0 ha 0 ha Arson
10/15/2008 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
04/06/2008 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
04/05/2008 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
03/05/2008 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
03/04/2008 12 ha 0 ha Not recorded
12/15/2007 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
03/10/2007 20 ha 7 ha Unintentional (works)
01/05/2006 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
01/04/2006 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded

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