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Montselgues

Ardèche (07) · INSEE code 07163 · 3,639 ha · 86 inhabitants

Between 2012 and 2025, satellites saw fire in 8 years out of 14, for 31 hotspots.

The worst season is 2024, with 6 hotspots.

The busiest month is March, which carries 29 % of the detections.

In its department, out of the 226 municipalities that saw at least one hotspot, this one ranks 21st.

This year, 6 hotspots have already been detected here, the last one on July 16, 2026.

Moderate danger for tomorrow

Météo des forêts · September 11, 2026

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

Bulletin published for the whole of the Ardèche department, not for this municipality in particular.

Hotspots
VIIRS detection
industrial source
31
hotspots since 2012
VIIRS · 2012 to today

Local recurrence

20122025

This area burned in 8 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 6 ↗ 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
08/20/2025 3 ha 0 ha Natural
02/06/2024 18 ha 0 ha Unintentional (works)
08/05/2023 0 ha 0 ha Accidental
05/30/2020 0 ha Unintentional (private individual)
06/20/2014 0 ha Not recorded
07/30/2010 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
04/28/2010 12 ha 6 ha Unintentional (private individual)
08/12/2009 0 ha 0 ha Unintentional (works)
12/25/2007 1 ha 0 ha Unintentional (private individual)
03/14/2006 15 ha 5 ha Unintentional (private individual)

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