Ponts fire, June 2022 Artesa de Segre, Ponts
The fire started on 30 June 2022 in Ponts, Spain, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 129 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across 2 municipalities.
It is the 10th largest in Lleida since 2016 (of 11 with a page). Number 148 in Spain in 2022, of 196.
The power measured by the satellite is low (0.4 MW in the strongest hotspot), more typical of grass or stubble burning, or a slow surface fire, than of a large crown fire.
- Burnt area
- 129ha
- Copernicus perimeter
- Duration
- 1day
- 30 Jun 2022 – 30 Jun 2022
- Municipalities hit
- 2
- municipalities
- Started on
- 30 Jun
- 2022
- Heat detections
- 1
- in a single hotspot: 0 MW
- Danger at start
- 10
- Low · FWI index
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 2 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 3.4 mm on 1 Jul.
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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Artesa de Segre 479 inhabitants · 13.6 km from the town65 ha0.4 %
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64 ha reached on 30 Jun2.1 %
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
- Sclerophyllous scrub52 %
- Agricultural areas41 %
- Scrub and transitional woodland4.7 %
- Broadleaved forest2.4 %
Land cover inside the perimeter according to Corine Land Cover, as reported by Copernicus.
Official record
According to EGIF (MITECO), this fire started on 29 June 2022 and burned 61 ha (the satellite measured 129 ha). The two figures differ a lot, so these may not be exactly the same fire: take them as nearby records.
- Artesa de Segre C14 pk 109,9 (el Gos) 29 June 2022 · 17:08 61 ha · extinguished on 30 June 2022 · cause: negligence
MITECO, Estadística General de Incendios Forestales (EGIF). This is the agency’s consolidated statistic: it measures the area in its own way, which is why it can differ from the satellite.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun | 27.9 °C | 45 % | 26 km/h | 1.1 mm | Low 10 |
| 1 Jul after | 28.4 °C | 23 % | 33 km/h | 3.4 mm | Low 7 |
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 · 1Every 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
- 5,247 haTorrefeta i Florejacs OliolaJuly 2025 · 4 days · 9 km away
- 172 haOliolaJune 2025 · 1 day · 9 km away
- 2,783 haArtesa de SegreJune 2022 · 5 days · 14 km away
- 120 haTorrefeta i FlorejacsJuly 2026 · 1 day · 15 km away
- 319 haCastellar de la RiberaJune 2022 · 2 days · 23 km away
- 485 haGranyanellaJune 2025 · 1 day · 29 km away
Frequently asked questions
- How long did the Ponts fire last?
- Copernicus dates it between 30 June 2022 and 30 June 2022: 1 day between the first and last image with fire.
- How much area did it burn?
- The perimeter Copernicus measured from satellite imagery is 129 hectares (1.3 km²). Official national figures may differ.
- Which municipalities burned?
- The fire entered 2 municipalities: Artesa de Segre (65 ha, 0.4 %); Ponts (64 ha, 2.1 %).
- Did the fire reach a town?
- The closest fire to a town centre came within 5.5 km of Ponts. 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 27.9 °C, humidity dropped to 45 % and gusts hit 26 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 10, class Low.
- 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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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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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.