PPRN and PSS Flood Risk Zoning for Moncel-lès-Lunéville, France

Submersible Surface Planes (PSS) are the first mapping documents regulating land cover in flooding areas for federal watercourses in France, created by the Decree-Law of 30 October 1935. The dataset, provided by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), maps flood hazard zones and risk prevention plan (PPR) status for the commune of Moncel-lès-Lunéville (54373). It was last updated on April 5, 2019.

Use Cases

• Map flood hazard zones based on the Submersible Surface Planes (PSS) regulatory framework.
• Analyze land-use restrictions based on the three regulatory zones (red, blue, and areas not directly exposed).
• Assess the transition from PSS to PPR (Risk Prevention Plan) status as mandated by French environmental law.
• Identify areas subject to utility easements affecting construction based on the Barnier Law of 1995.

Strengths

• Dataset has a specific legal basis, created by the Decree-Law of 30 October 1935 and its implementing decree.
• Provides enforceable regulatory zoning with three distinct hazard level categories (red, blue, and other).
• Originates from the authoritative geological and mining research bureau of France (BRGM).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2019-04-05 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Freshness

2019-04-05 00:00:00

Geography

Commune of Moncel-lès-Lunéville (54373), France