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Nova Ubiratã fire, May 2022 Nova Ubiratã

Out · last detection 12 Jul 2022, 04:15 UTC

The fire started on 8 May 2022 in Nova Ubiratã, Brazil, and satellites saw it burning for 66 days. Copernicus’s global GWIS system rebuilt a burnt perimeter of 3,952 hectares from heat detections, spread across a single municipality.

This page is probably a fire complex, not a single fire. GWIS merges into one perimeter the fires that touch over weeks, which in large burning seasons can join dozens of separate fires. The total area is reliable; the origin and dates refer to the whole complex.

Other fire pages in the same area and on the same dates:

It is the 1437th largest in Mato Grosso since 2016 (of 1996 with a page). Number 424 in Brazil in 2022, of 687.

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Suggestions: Nova Ubiratã · 2020Paranatinga · 2024

Burnt area
3,952ha
GWIS perimeter (Copernicus)
Duration
66days
8 May 2022 – 12 Jul 2022
Municipalities hit
1
municipalities
Started on
8 May
2022
Heat detections
1,971
in a single hotspot: 145 MW
Danger at start
17
Moderate · FWI index
Average daily power
271MW
detected power per day, on average

Where it burned

HOTSPOTS BY DAY 8 May12 Jul
12 Jul 2022

How it evolved, day by day

8 May 2022 · 5 MW · 1 10 May 2022 · 36 MW · 7 11 May 2022 · 122 MW · 16 12 May 2022 · 74 MW · 8 13 May 2022 · 93 MW · 14 14 May 2022 · 1,527 MW · 33 15 May 2022 · 695 MW · 113 16 May 2022 · 276 MW · 17 17 May 2022 · 277 MW · 12 18 May 2022 · 591 MW · 38 19 May 2022 · 822 MW · 59 20 May 2022 · 328 MW · 27 21 May 2022 · 664 MW · 34 22 May 2022 · 440 MW · 38 23 May 2022 · 270 MW · 29 24 May 2022 · 98 MW · 21 25 May 2022 · 138 MW · 22 26 May 2022 · 137 MW · 16 27 May 2022 · 138 MW · 23 28 May 2022 · 89 MW · 31 29 May 2022 · 120 MW · 19 30 May 2022 · 173 MW · 12 31 May 2022 · 91 MW · 21 1 Jun 2022 · 191 MW · 24 2 Jun 2022 · 32 MW · 20 3 Jun 2022 · 151 MW · 29 4 Jun 2022 · 149 MW · 24 5 Jun 2022 · 88 MW · 15 6 Jun 2022 · 260 MW · 26 7 Jun 2022 · 48 MW · 15 8 Jun 2022 · 59 MW · 20 9 Jun 2022 · 210 MW · 42 10 Jun 2022 · 15 MW · 16 11 Jun 2022 · 46 MW · 15 12 Jun 2022 · 100 MW · 17 13 Jun 2022 · 3 MW · 1 14 Jun 2022 · 206 MW · 43 15 Jun 2022 · 361 MW · 43 16 Jun 2022 · 566 MW · 70 17 Jun 2022 · 677 MW · 65 18 Jun 2022 · 623 MW · 67 19 Jun 2022 · 335 MW · 43 20 Jun 2022 · 343 MW · 27 21 Jun 2022 · 555 MW · 64 22 Jun 2022 · 575 MW · 85 23 Jun 2022 · 186 MW · 53 24 Jun 2022 · 386 MW · 57 25 Jun 2022 · 417 MW · 52 26 Jun 2022 · 247 MW · 38 27 Jun 2022 · 476 MW · 45 29 Jun 2022 · 344 MW · 54 30 Jun 2022 · 206 MW · 20 1 Jul 2022 · 409 MW · 50 2 Jul 2022 · 295 MW · 59 3 Jul 2022 · 238 MW · 24 4 Jul 2022 · 260 MW · 21 5 Jul 2022 · 154 MW · 17 6 Jul 2022 · 109 MW · 9 7 Jul 2022 · 86 MW · 11 8 Jul 2022 · 156 MW · 13 9 Jul 2022 · 186 MW · 25 10 Jul 2022 · 197 MW · 18 11 Jul 2022 · 160 MW · 13 12 Jul 2022 · 34 MW · 10
8 May 14 May 19 May 29 May 8 Jun 18 Jun 29 Jun 9 Jul

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
42km/h · peak gust
20%lowest humidity

It had gone 7 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.

This area had burned before

No earlier perimeters overlap this fire since 2016, when the satellite record begins.

How big is it?

10 km
It burned the equivalent of 2.5% of the area of London (40 km² against 1,583 km²).

London boundary: geoBoundaries · Office for National Statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0).

This compares size, not location: both shapes are at the same scale, north up, centred on each other.

What happened to each town

  1. Nova Ubiratã 11,530 inhabitants where it started
    3,971 ha reached on 8 May
    0.3 %

Burnt area inside each municipality, from crossing the GWIS 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.

People and buildings inside the perimeter

GHSL 2020
Built-up area< 0.1 ha
Residents< 20

Inside the perimeter there was no noticeable built-up land and almost nobody lived there (GHSL 2020, satellite-based estimate).

This is an estimate on 100 m cells, made from satellite imagery and census data: it does not mean that homes burned or that anyone was harmed. The perimeter also contains land that never burned.

Source: Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-BUILT-S and GHS-POP R2023A), European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), © European Union, CC BY 4.0. Sum inside the perimeter computed by WorldFires. human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu

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)
1 May 33.6 °C 40 % 25 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 17
2 May 33.7 °C 39 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 18
3 May 32.8 °C 43 % 17 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 19
4 May 31.6 °C 50 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 19
5 May 31.3 °C 48 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 18
6 May 33.1 °C 42 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 18
7 May 33.8 °C 36 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 21
8 May 33.5 °C 44 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm Moderate 21
9 May 34.4 °C 38 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
10 May 33.7 °C 37 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm High 22
11 May 35.1 °C 30 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm High 25
12 May 34.2 °C 34 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm High 25
13 May 33.9 °C 35 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 26
14 May 34.0 °C 36 % 24 km/h 0.0 mm High 27
15 May 34.1 °C 40 % 21 km/h 0.0 mm High 25
16 May 33.6 °C 43 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 26
17 May 27.8 °C 51 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm High 24
18 May 25.7 °C 26 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
19 May 24.5 °C 28 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 26
20 May 27.5 °C 29 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm High 26
21 May 30.3 °C 26 % 23 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
22 May 31.4 °C 25 % 20 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
23 May 32.5 °C 20 % 20 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
24 May 34.0 °C 31 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
25 May 32.9 °C 34 % 42 km/h 0.0 mm High 37
26 May 33.5 °C 30 % 39 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
27 May 33.0 °C 37 % 33 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
28 May 32.4 °C 41 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
29 May 34.1 °C 31 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
30 May 34.9 °C 26 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
31 May 34.4 °C 23 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
1 Jun 34.8 °C 31 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
2 Jun 33.0 °C 42 % 15 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
3 Jun 33.3 °C 31 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 31
4 Jun 33.8 °C 29 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
5 Jun 33.8 °C 31 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
6 Jun 33.1 °C 33 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
7 Jun 33.2 °C 34 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
8 Jun 32.6 °C 35 % 25 km/h 0.0 mm High 32
9 Jun 32.9 °C 34 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
10 Jun 29.2 °C 44 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
11 Jun 28.5 °C 49 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm High 28
12 Jun 27.6 °C 55 % 30 km/h 0.1 mm High 23
13 Jun 30.2 °C 40 % 25 km/h 0.0 mm High 25
14 Jun 32.5 °C 33 % 22 km/h 0.0 mm High 28
15 Jun 32.2 °C 41 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 29
16 Jun 33.8 °C 35 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 30
17 Jun 33.8 °C 28 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
18 Jun 33.3 °C 33 % 19 km/h 0.0 mm High 33
19 Jun 33.5 °C 27 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
20 Jun 34.1 °C 28 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
21 Jun 33.8 °C 26 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 38
22 Jun 32.8 °C 32 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
23 Jun 33.1 °C 31 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
24 Jun 33.5 °C 30 % 33 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
25 Jun 33.7 °C 25 % 27 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
26 Jun 32.3 °C 28 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
27 Jun 32.5 °C 23 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
28 Jun 32.2 °C 29 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 37
29 Jun 31.8 °C 31 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
30 Jun 32.0 °C 32 % 25 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
1 Jul 33.0 °C 30 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 35
2 Jul 33.7 °C 29 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
3 Jul 33.2 °C 34 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 37
4 Jul 32.9 °C 26 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 38
5 Jul 32.0 °C 26 % 28 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
6 Jul 31.4 °C 32 % 33 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
7 Jul 33.2 °C 29 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 34
8 Jul 33.0 °C 29 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
9 Jul 34.3 °C 24 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
10 Jul 33.6 °C 27 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm High 38
11 Jul 32.7 °C 29 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
12 Jul 32.7 °C 31 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
13 Jul after 33.4 °C 23 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 37
14 Jul after 34.0 °C 26 % 29 km/h 0.0 mm High 37
15 Jul after 34.0 °C 34 % 35 km/h 0.0 mm High 37
16 Jul after 34.0 °C 33 % 30 km/h 0.0 mm High 36
17 Jul after 34.2 °C 24 % 33 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
18 Jul after 33.3 °C 25 % 37 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
19 Jul after 33.4 °C 22 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
20 Jul after 32.9 °C 29 % 26 km/h 0.0 mm High 37
21 Jul after 33.5 °C 25 % 34 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
22 Jul after 33.3 °C 25 % 36 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
23 Jul after 34.3 °C 25 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
24 Jul after 34.5 °C 23 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 41
25 Jul after 34.4 °C 22 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
26 Jul after 34.0 °C 25 % 31 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 39
27 Jul after 33.5 °C 26 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
28 Jul after 33.4 °C 23 % 32 km/h 0.0 mm Very high 40
29 Jul after 33.9 °C 24 % 19 km/h 0.0 mm High 38

Before and after, from space

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

Before · 1 May 2022
After · 19 Jul 2022

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 · 1,971Every 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 timeSatelliteFRP (MW)LatLon

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Nova Ubiratã fire last?
GWIS (Copernicus) dates it between 8 May 2022 and 12 July 2022: 66 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 3,952 hectares (39.5 km²). It is an estimate: official national figures may differ.
Which municipalities burned?
The fire only entered Nova Ubiratã (3,971 ha, 0.3 %).
What was the weather like?
During the fire the temperature reached 35.1 °C, humidity dropped to 20 % and gusts hit 42 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 40, 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 · Emergency number and official warnings ›

Satellite cross-check

History of this page Changes in area, dates, name, official record or merged pages, compared every night since 24 October 2026.

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How we know this
  • Perimeter: GWIS (Copernicus), rebuilt from heat detections rather than mapped on imagery.
  • Dates from the perimeter: the VIIRS detections inside it did not change them. 1,971 Suomi-NPP VIIRS detections on those dates.
  • We have not matched this page with any official record.
  • Weather: Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, in cells of about 25 km.
  • Built-up area and population come from the JRC Global Human Settlement Layer (epoch 2020, 100 m cells), summed inside the perimeter: an estimate of what was there, not a damage count.

How we build fire pages: methodology ›

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.