Arguedas fire, June 2022 Arguedas, Valtierra, Cadreita
The fire started on 18 June 2022 in Arguedas, Spain, and satellites saw it burning for 2 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 1,995 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 3 municipalities.
It is the 4th largest in Navarre since 2016 (of 26 with a page). Number 27 in Spain in 2022, of 196.
- Burnt area
- 1,995ha
- Copernicus perimeter
- Duration
- 2days
- 18 Jun 2022 – 19 Jun 2022
- Municipalities hit
- 3
- municipalities
- Started on
- 18 Jun
- 2022
- Heat detections
- 34
- in a single hotspot: 211 MW
- Danger at start
- 77
- Very extreme · FWI index
- Energy released
- 852MW
- sum of detected power
Where it burned
How it evolved, day by day
Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.
The weather it burned in
It had gone 0 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 4.8 mm on 22 Jun.
This area had burned before
No earlier perimeters overlap this fire since 2016, when the satellite record begins.
What happened to each town
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1,311 ha reached on 18 Jun20 %
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Valtierra 2,505 inhabitants · 0.4 km from the town647 ha reached on 19 Jun13 %
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Cadreita 2,187 inhabitants · 1.5 km from the town38 ha reached on 19 Jun1.4 %
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance is from the town centre to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.
What burned
- Coniferous forest50 %
- Sclerophyllous scrub33 %
- Agricultural areas7.9 %
- Artificial surfaces3.4 %
- Scrub and transitional woodland3.2 %
- Other natural land3.1 %
Natura 2000 protected area affected: 32 %
- LIC Bardenas Reales ES2200037
Natura 2000 sites (European Environment Agency, 2024 release) crossed by the perimeter.
Land cover inside the perimeter according to Corine Land Cover, as reported by Copernicus.
Checked against the press
Checked on 30 September 2026We checked this page against 4 sources published once the fire was out. This is what they add:
- Also known as
- Incendio de Arguedas y Valtierra · Incendio del entorno de Bardenas · Incendio de Sendaviva / Virgen del Yugo
Sources
- Arguedas da un nuevo paso para recuperar su monte tras el incendio de 2022 — Plaza Nueva, 24 August 2026
- El proyecto TUI Forest Navarra restaurara 91 hectareas afectadas por el incendio de 2022 en Arguedas — La Voz de la Ribera, 18 March 2026
- Arguedas planta 110 arboles para recuperar el entorno afectado por el incendio de 2022 — Tudela Hoy, 25 March 2025
- Arguedas recupera el pulso tras el incendio que asolo el termino municipal la tarde del sabado — La Voz de la Ribera, 23 June 2022
The weather day by day
ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, the standard reference for past weather, and the Canadian Fire Weather Index (the same system Copernicus uses), computed by WorldFires from that data. Days after the fire run until the first rain.
Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5)
| Day | High | Min. humidity | Peak gust | Rain | Danger (FWI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jun | 41.3 °C | 8 % | 62 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very extreme 77 |
| 19 Jun | 35.4 °C | 14 % | 60 km/h | 0.0 mm | Very extreme 81 |
| 20 Jun after | 36.2 °C | 10 % | 63 km/h | 0.1 mm | Extreme 58 |
| 21 Jun after | 33.4 °C | 17 % | 55 km/h | 0.0 mm | Extreme 68 |
| 22 Jun after | 29.2 °C | 22 % | 52 km/h | 4.8 mm | Moderate 19 |
Before and after, from space
Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.
If the day is cloudy, change the date: each satellite passes once a day. In false colour the burnt ground looks brown or red.
Detections table · 34Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.
| Date and time | Satellite | FRP (MW) | Lat | Lon |
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Other fires nearby
Frequently asked questions
- How long did the Arguedas fire last?
- Copernicus dates it between 18 June 2022 and 19 June 2022: 2 days between the first and last image with fire.
- How much area did it burn?
- The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 1,995 hectares (20.0 km²). Official national figures may differ.
- Which municipalities burned?
- The fire entered 3 municipalities: Arguedas (1,311 ha, 20 %); Valtierra (647 ha, 13 %); Cadreita (38 ha, 1.4 %).
- Did the fire reach a town?
- The closest fire to a town centre came within 0.2 km of Arguedas. That is the distance to the perimeter or nearest hotspot; it does not mean it entered the houses.
- What was the weather like?
- During the fire the temperature reached 41.3 °C, humidity dropped to 8 % and gusts hit 62 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 81, class Very extreme.
- Where does this data come from?
- From the EFFIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Spain (geoBoundaries). It is not an official report.
Where to verify it
A satellite detection is not an official report. Final figures and the fire’s status are published by each country’s emergency service.
Emergency number: 112
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Where this data comes from
The perimeter and land cover come from the Copernicus European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), measured on MODIS and Sentinel-2 imagery and published under CC BY 4.0. Heat detections come from the VIIRS sensors aboard Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20, distributed by NASA FIRMS at 375 m resolution. Municipal boundaries come from geoBoundaries ADM3 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing the perimeter with those boundaries, so it may differ slightly from each country’s official figure.