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Ruffec

Charente (16) · INSEE code 16292 · 1,351 ha · 3,449 inhabitants

Between 2012 and 2025, satellites saw fire in 2 years out of 14, for 20 hotspots.

Most of it comes down to a single season: 2018 accounts for 18, or 90 % of the total. The other years are nowhere near.

The busiest month is September, which carries 90 % of the detections.

In its department, out of the 206 municipalities that saw at least one hotspot, this one ranks 7th.

The last detection goes back to May 3, 2021.

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 Charente department, not for this municipality in particular.

Hotspots
VIIRS detection
industrial source
20
hotspots since 2012
VIIRS · 2012 to today

Local recurrence

20122025

This area burned in 2 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 9, so its bar is not comparable to the others.

0 10 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 19 20 21 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
07/09/2025 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
07/08/2025 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
06/21/2025 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded
05/24/2009 0 ha 0 ha Not recorded

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