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Culey: geology and natural hazards
What public services say about the ground beneath the commune (population 122) and the hazards it faces: natural disasters, earthquakes, radon, cavities, clays, groundwater and rocks.
Hazard names and other data are quoted as their producers publish them, in French.
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Hazards listed by the French State
Natural and technological hazards to which the commune is exposed, according to the national GASPAR database.
- Inondation: par une crue torrentielle ou à montée rapide de cours d’eau
- Mouvement de terrain: affaissements et effondrements d’origine anthropique (anciennes carrières souterraines, hors mines), tassements différentiels
- Transport de marchandises dangereuses
- Engins de guerre
Recognised natural disasters
2 events recognised as a natural disaster by ministerial order since 2016.
- Inondations et/ou coulées de boue: 2
Inondations et/ou coulées de boue
Event from 13/07/2021 to 16/07/2021, order published in the Journal officiel on 28/09/2021.
Inondations et/ou coulées de boue
Event from 28/05/2016 to 08/06/2016, order published in the Journal officiel on 16/06/2016.
Earthquakes and radon
Seismic zone
No seismic zone is published for the commune.
Radon potential
Category 1 of 3: low potential. The geological formations have the lowest uranium content. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can build up in poorly ventilated rooms.
Beneath the town hall
What BRGM maps say at the town hall. They describe that single point: elsewhere in the commune, the ground may be quite different.
Shrink-swell clays
Rising groundwater
Underground cavities
Ground movements
Earthquakes
Nature of the ground
Cavities and ground movements
Recorded across the whole commune by BRGM, in its national databases of underground cavities and ground movements.
No underground cavity recorded (quarries, cellars, military works, natural cavities…).
No ground movement recorded (landslides, rockfalls, collapses, mudflows…).
Risk prevention plans
No risk prevention plan is listed for the commune.
Nearby communes
Sources and limitations
Listed hazards, natural disasters, seismic zoning, radon potential, cavities, ground movements and prevention plans: Géorisques, published by the French ministry for the ecological transition, under Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0, data accessed on 02/11/2026. Summary beneath the town hall: BRGM map services, queried when the page is displayed. List of communes and populations: API Découpage administratif (geo.api.gouv.fr), d’après le code officiel géographique de l’Insee, version of 30/10/2026.
This information reflects the state of knowledge at the scale of the commune or of a single point. It replaces neither a soil survey nor the official risk statement (état des risques) required for a sale or a rental, which is drawn up on the official French government service.