Casas de Miravete fire, July 2022
Casas de Miravete, Jaraicejo, Romangordo
Out · last detection 16 Jul 2022, 14:06 UTC
The fire started on 14 July 2022 in Casas de Miravete, Spain, and satellites saw it burning for 4 days. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 2,886 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 3 municipalities. According to EGIF (MITECO), it was detected on 14 July 2022 at 15:45 and declared extinguished on 14 August 2022.
It is the 9th largest in Cáceres since 2016 (of 70 with a page). Number 20 in Spain in 2022, of 196.
This is an index computed from weather model data, not a measurement of the fire nor an official warning. Danger warnings are issued by each country’s authority. Emergency number and official warnings ›
Weather during the fire
model
40.7°C · 11% RH
High of 40.7 °C and minimum humidity of 11% on 14 July 2022; gusts of 34 km/h on 15 July 2022.
These are model values for a cell of about 25 km, not from a weather station: they may differ from what was measured on the ground.
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· reconstructedofficial
Matched with the official EGIF (MITECO) record
Matches: 2,694 ha in the official record (records: 1).
· reconstructedweather
Weather and FWI computed from the ERA5 reanalysis
· reconstructedpress
Cross-check with press and agencies published
Región Digital · Radio Interior · The Objective · Canal Extremadura
A version keeps the area, dates, name and official record; the area as it was logged (changes under 2% are not logged). The map, hotspots and weather always show today’s data.
Citation
A lede of about 60 words figures only, no adjectives
Romangordo240 inhabitants · 1.6 km from the centre
56 hareached on 16 Jul
1.4 %
Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance runs from the point marking the centre of each area to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.
Official figures are measured differently from satellite ones and sometimes cover only part of the fire.
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)
It started with an FWI of 63.1, a minimum humidity of 11% and 11 days without rain. Fires in the area that started in weather like this since 2016: 20.
FWI at the start63.1
Minimum humidity11 %
Days without rain11
this firechosen twinsrest of the area
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Outlines of the closest twins
This fire · Casas de Miravete fire, July 2022
2,886 ha4 daysFWI 63.1Min. humidity 11 %
Retuerta del Bullaque fire, July 2026
1,002 ha2 daysFWI 58.9Min. humidity 11 %146 km away, in 2026
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: none in the following ten days.
It was 3.2 times larger than the median of its twins and lasted 4 days, against 2 days.
Only 2 of its 20 twins burned more. The weather on the first day does not explain everything: the wind in the following days, the fuel and the firefighting also count. In 14 of 20, not even 1 mm fell in the ten days after the end: they went out without rain. In the rest, the first rainy day brought a median of 4.4 mm.
This is a bank of analogues: it shows what usually happens, not what will happen. With fewer than 15 twins we give no figures. How we calculate it
How it ended
—first rain
—no rain in ten days
34km/h · max. gust
It was considered over on 17 Jul, and not even 1 mm fell in the following ten days: it went out without rain. Twins with rain when they ended: 6 of 20, with a median of 4.4 mm.
Weather on this page: Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5)
How a twin is chosen
Same area: fires that have already ended, less than 250 km from this one, since 2016.
Same start: we compare the FWI on the first day, the minimum humidity that day and the run of days without rain before it. The slider sets how much they may differ.
Only pages with final weather data (ERA5 reanalysis) calculated in the same way as this fire’s; agricultural and grass burns and pages with data under review are left out.
Fires burning at the same time as this one (a week before or after) are left out: they share the same spell of weather and do not count as a precedent.
They are sorted by similarity, and the outlines of the first five are drawn.
Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.
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Before · 7 Jul 2022
After · 24 Jul 2022
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The smoke
CAMS · Copernicus
On 15 July 2022 the air beside the fire reached 30 µg/m³ of PM2.5. That day averaged 23: 1.5 times the WHO daily guideline (15).
PM2.5 peak30µg/m³
Days over the guideline2days
PM1047µg/m³
WHO 15
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Particles from the Copernicus CAMS model at the centre of the perimeter; these are not measurements in each town. The pale bar is the worst hour, the solid one the daily average.
Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0) · Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)
Detections table· 200Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.›
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Copernicus dates it between 14 July 2022 and 17 July 2022: 4 days between the first and last image with fire. According to EGIF (MITECO), it was detected on 14 July 2022 at 15:45 and declared extinguished on 14 August 2022.
How much area did it burn?
The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 2,886 hectares (28.9 km²). Official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?
The fire entered 3 municipalities: Casas de Miravete (1,771 ha, 35 %); Jaraicejo (1,063 ha, 6.0 %); Romangordo (56 ha, 1.4 %).
Did the fire reach a town?
The fire started in Casas de Miravete and reached its centre: the point marking it was inside the burnt area or less than 500 metres from it. That does not mean houses burned.
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 40.7 °C, humidity dropped to 11 % and gusts hit 34 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 63, class 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.
How did the fires that started in similar weather in this area end?
Fires less than 250 km away that started since 2016 with a similar FWI, humidity and dry spell: 20. Their median duration was 2 days and their median area 890 ha; 45 % went past 1,000 ha. Only 2 of its 20 twins burned more. The weather on the first day does not explain everything: the wind in the following days, the fuel and the firefighting also count. In 14 of 20, not even 1 mm fell in the ten days after the end: they went out without rain. In the rest, the first rainy day brought a median of 4.4 mm.
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.
This page is built from satellite data and official records, and it sometimes gets things wrong: the wrong dates, the wrong town, two fires merged into one, or something that was not a wildfire at all. If you know this fire first-hand (you live nearby, saw it, fought it or reported on it), tell us what really happened and we will check it.
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Perimeter: EFFIS (Copernicus), mapped on satellite imagery.
Dates from the perimeter: the VIIRS detections inside it did not change them. 200 Suomi-NPP VIIRS detections on those dates.
Compared with EGIF (MITECO): 2,694 official ha against 2,886 ha of perimeter; they agree within 25%.
Checked against news and agencies: 4 confirmed sources.
Weather: Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, in cells of about 25 km.
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.