How long did the Corumbá fire last?

GWIS (Copernicus) dates it between 24 June 2022 and 11 July 2022: 18 days between the first and last heat detection of the perimeter.

How much area did it burn?

The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 3,537 hectares (35.4 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.

Which municipalities burned?

The fire entered 2 municipalities: Corumbá (2,748 ha, 0.0 %); Aquidauana (816 ha, 0.0 %).

What was the weather like?

During the fire the temperature reached 35.1 °C, humidity dropped to 27 % and gusts hit 55 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 48, class Very high.

Where does this data come from?

From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Brazil (geoBoundaries). It is not an official report.

BR · Brazil · 2022-06-24 → 2022-07-11

Corumbá fire, June 2022 Corumbá, Aquidauana

Out · last detection 11 Jul 2022, 17:06 UTC

The fire started on 24 June 2022 in Corumbá, Brazil, and satellites saw it burning for 18 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 3,537 hectares from heat detections, spread across 2 municipalities.

It is the 426th largest in Mato Grosso do Sul since 2016 (of 506 with a page). Number 512 in Brazil in 2022, of 687.

Burnt area: 3,537ha; GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
Duration: 18days; 24 Jun 2022 – 11 Jul 2022
Municipalities hit: 2; municipalities
Started on: 24 Jun; 2022
Heat detections: 384; in a single hotspot: 150 MW
Danger at start: 2; Very low · FWI index
Energy released: 4.5GW; sum of detected power

Play back 11 Jul 2022

HOTSPOTS BY DAY 24 Jun11 Jul

How it evolved, day by day

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Fire radiative power detected each day, in megawatts, and number of hotspots. The magenta bar marks the peak day.

The weather it burned in

35°high

55km/h · peak gust

27%lowest humidity

It had gone 6 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.

This area had burned before

100% of the perimeter overlaps earlier fires recorded since 2016: 6,326 ha in 2021. Part of it burned more than once, so the yearly figures add up to more than the 3,548 ha that had burned before.

What happened to each town

Corumbá 96,268 inhabitants where it started

2,748 ha reached on 17 Jun

0.0 %
Aquidauana 46,803 inhabitants

816 ha reached on 1 Jul

0.0 %

Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the GWIS 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.

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)
17 Jun	30.7 °C	59 %	52 km/h	17.3 mm	Very low 2
18 Jun	23.4 °C	51 %	31 km/h	0.0 mm	Very low 5
19 Jun	27.8 °C	56 %	23 km/h	0.3 mm	Low 7
20 Jun	31.2 °C	53 %	25 km/h	0.0 mm	Low 10
21 Jun	33.1 °C	43 %	40 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 18
22 Jun	32.5 °C	46 %	29 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 16
23 Jun	32.6 °C	41 %	24 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 16
24 Jun	32.8 °C	36 %	21 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 18
25 Jun	29.1 °C	45 %	33 km/h	0.0 mm	High 22
26 Jun	26.8 °C	46 %	22 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 18
27 Jun	30.1 °C	40 %	23 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 18
28 Jun	31.5 °C	40 %	18 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 19
29 Jun	26.5 °C	56 %	24 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 17
30 Jun	30.6 °C	41 %	24 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 18
1 Jul	32.6 °C	33 %	41 km/h	0.0 mm	High 31
2 Jul	34.0 °C	30 %	42 km/h	0.0 mm	High 35
3 Jul	33.9 °C	28 %	34 km/h	0.0 mm	High 32
4 Jul	34.0 °C	32 %	35 km/h	0.0 mm	High 34
5 Jul	32.8 °C	30 %	35 km/h	0.0 mm	High 34
6 Jul	33.1 °C	30 %	41 km/h	0.0 mm	High 37
7 Jul	34.2 °C	29 %	40 km/h	0.0 mm	High 38
8 Jul	34.3 °C	30 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	High 32
9 Jul	34.6 °C	29 %	36 km/h	0.0 mm	High 37
10 Jul	35.1 °C	31 %	49 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 45
11 Jul	34.9 °C	31 %	55 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 48
12 Jul after	25.6 °C	48 %	35 km/h	2.7 mm	Low 9
13 Jul after	30.2 °C	49 %	25 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 16
14 Jul after	34.1 °C	27 %	49 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 43
15 Jul after	35.0 °C	30 %	55 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 47
16 Jul after	34.7 °C	32 %	45 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 43
17 Jul after	22.1 °C	47 %	29 km/h	0.0 mm	High 26
18 Jul after	32.0 °C	40 %	19 km/h	0.0 mm	High 22
19 Jul after	34.4 °C	27 %	23 km/h	0.0 mm	High 33
20 Jul after	34.3 °C	26 %	29 km/h	0.0 mm	High 35
21 Jul after	34.8 °C	27 %	35 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 40
22 Jul after	34.8 °C	29 %	35 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 39
23 Jul after	34.7 °C	25 %	28 km/h	0.0 mm	High 37
24 Jul after	35.3 °C	23 %	34 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 42
25 Jul after	34.5 °C	28 %	23 km/h	0.0 mm	High 36
26 Jul after	35.4 °C	24 %	27 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 39

Before and after, from space

Drag the line to compare the same ground before the fire and after it.

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Before · 17 Jun 2022

After · 18 Jul 2022

Before After

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 · 384Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.

⬇ Download CSV Times in UTC. Each detection is a 375 m pixel: a large fire yields hundreds per pass.

Date and time	Satellite	FRP (MW)	Lat	Lon

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Corumbá fire last?: GWIS (Copernicus) dates it between 24 June 2022 and 11 July 2022: 18 days between the first and last heat detection of the perimeter.
How much area did it burn?: The perimeter GWIS (Copernicus) rebuilt from heat detections is 3,537 hectares (35.4 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?: The fire entered 2 municipalities: Corumbá (2,748 ha, 0.0 %); Aquidauana (816 ha, 0.0 %).
What was the weather like?: During the fire the temperature reached 35.1 °C, humidity dropped to 27 % and gusts hit 55 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 48, class Very high.
Where does this data come from?: From the GWIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Brazil (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: 193

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Where this data comes from

The perimeter comes from the Copernicus Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS), which rebuilds it from MODIS and VIIRS heat detections and publishes it under CC BY 4.0. It is not measured on imagery as in Europe, so it is an estimate. 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 ADM2 (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing the perimeter with those boundaries, so it may differ from each country’s official figure.

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