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Pont de Montvert - Sud Mont Lozère
Lozère (48) · INSEE code 48116 · 16,741 ha · 557 inhabitants
Between 2012 and 2025, satellites saw fire in 13 years out of 14, for 644 hotspots.
Fire keeps coming back: 7 consecutive years with at least one start. The worst is still 2022, with 96 hotspots.
The busiest month is February, which carries 35 % of the detections.
This is the worst affected municipality in its department, ahead of 119 others that saw at least one hotspot.
This year, 81 hotspots have already been detected here, the last one on April 11, 2026.
Low danger for tomorrow
Météo des forêts · September 11, 2026The expected weather conditions and recent rainfall reduce the risk of fires starting and spreading.
Bulletin published for the whole of the Lozère department, not for this municipality in particular.
Local recurrence
This area burned in 13 of the 14 complete years from 2012 to 2025.
2026 is not counted: the year is not over.
Full constellation. 2026 stops on September 10, so its bar is not comparable to the others.
| Year | Points chauds |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 27 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2014 | 26 |
| 2015 | 39 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 54 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 50 |
| 2020 | 57 |
| 2021 | 58 |
| 2022 | 96 |
| 2023 | 29 |
| 2024 | 36 |
| 2025 | 43 |
| 2026 (en cours) | 81 |
Declared fires
BDIFF · year 2025, latest publishedThis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/12/2025 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Natural |
| 06/17/2025 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 01/17/2025 | 31 ha | 0 ha | Unintentional (works) |
| 02/03/2024 | 1 ha | 0 ha | Unintentional (works) |
| 02/05/2022 | 1 ha | — | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 01/27/2022 | 20 ha | — | Unintentional (works) |
| 03/29/2021 | 0 ha | — | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 02/23/2020 | 81 ha | 36 ha | Arson |
| 03/11/2015 | 64 ha | — | Unintentional (works) |
| 09/21/2013 | 1 ha | — | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 09/21/2012 | 4 ha | 1 ha | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 09/21/2012 | 4 ha | 1 ha | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 08/03/2012 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 03/17/2012 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 03/16/2012 | 2 ha | 0 ha | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 02/12/2011 | 18 ha | 8 ha | Not recorded |
| 02/16/2007 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 02/12/2006 | 1 ha | 0 ha | Arson |