Burned area
satellite only220ha
Perimeter published by EFFIS (Copernicus).
- Source
- EFFIS (Copernicus)
- Date
- perimeter revised on 28 June 2022
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DE · Germany ·
Potsdam-Mittelmark fire, 19 June 2022 Potsdam-Mittelmark
Out · last measured on 19 Jun 2022
The fire started on 19 June 2022 in Potsdam-Mittelmark, Germany, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. Copernicus mapped a burnt perimeter of 220 hectares from satellite imagery, spread across a single municipality.
It is the 8th largest in Brandenburg since 2016 (of 16 with a page). Number 4 in Germany in 2022, of 9.
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Duration by satellite
satellite only1day
19 Jun 2022 to 19 Jun 2022: first and last day with fire on the page.
- Source
- EFFIS (Copernicus) · NASA FIRMS · VIIRS
- Date
- 19 Jun 2022 – 19 Jun 2022
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Satellites pass a few times a day and cloud or smoke can hide the fire: a lack of detections is not an official extinction. Each country’s emergency service declares a fire contained or out.
Start
satellite only19 Jun 2022
First day with fire seen by the satellites or the perimeter.
- Source
- EFFIS (Copernicus) · NASA FIRMS · VIIRS
- Date
- 19 Jun 2022
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No official record is matched to this page, so the alert time and the cause are not known here.
Danger at the start
model61.0FWI · extreme
Fire Weather Index (Canadian system) computed by WorldFires for the day the fire started. Consecutive days without rain before: 12.
- Source
- WorldFires calculation (Canadian FWI system)
- Date
- 19 Jun 2022, local noon
- Model
- ERA5 0,25° (ECMWF · Copernicus C3S) · Open-Meteo.com
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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
model36.0°C · 22% RH
High of 36.0 °C and minimum humidity of 22% on 19 June 2022; gusts of 54 km/h on 19 June 2022.
- Source
- weather model at the fire’s grid cell
- Date
- 19 Jun 2022 – 19 Jun 2022
- Model
- ERA5 0,25° (ECMWF · Copernicus C3S) · Open-Meteo.com
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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.
This page’s change log has been kept since 24 October 2026: every night what it publishes is compared and the difference is logged. Anything earlier is reconstructed from each source’s date and marked as reconstructed.
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· reconstructed weatherWeather and FWI computed from the ERA5 reanalysis
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· reconstructed GHSLPopulation and built-up area computed
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· reconstructed perimeterEFFIS (Copernicus) revises the perimeter
What was saved on 24 October 2026
Every night a snapshot of what the page shows is saved. If anything changes, it appears in the list as a log entry.
- Area
- 220 ha
- Dates
- 19 Jun 2022 – 19 Jun 2022
- Name
- Potsdam-Mittelmark
- Official record
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Versioned permanent link
https://worldfires.org/en/fire/potsdam-mittelmark-2022-06-2?v=2026-10-24A 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
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CSV for this fire potsdam-mittelmark-2022-06-2.csv · daily, no individual hotspots
| fecha | focos_viirs | frp_mw | tmax_c | tmin_c | hr_min_pct | viento_max_kmh | racha_max_kmh | precip_mm | fwi | clase_fwi | dentro_del_incendio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-19 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 17 | 22 | 25.1 | 54 | 0.2 | 61 | extremo | 1 |
| 2022-06-20 | 0 | 0 | 17.4 | 13 | 54 | 19.6 | 36.4 | 15.3 | 0 | muy_bajo | 0 |
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We have the Copernicus perimeter for this fire, but the VIIRS sensors did not capture it in enough detail: no day-by-day evolution, but the split by municipality is there.
- Burnt area
- 220ha
- Copernicus perimeter
- Duration
- 1day
- 19 Jun 2022 – 19 Jun 2022
- Municipalities hit
- 1
- districts
- Started on
- 19 Jun
- 2022
- Danger at start
- 61
- Extreme · FWI index
Where it burned
The weather it burned in
36°high
54km/h · peak gust
22%lowest humidity
It had gone 12 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started. Rain came after the fire: 15.3 mm on 20 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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Potsdam-Mittelmark where it started220 ha0.1 %
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.
What burned
- Coniferous forest100 %
Land cover inside the perimeter according to Corine Land Cover, as reported by Copernicus.
People and buildings inside the perimeter
GHSL 2020Built-up area0.22 ha
Residents< 20
Inside the perimeter there were about 0.22 hectares of 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jun | 36.0 °C | 22 % | 54 km/h | 0.2 mm | Extreme 61 |
| 20 Jun after | 17.4 °C | 54 % | 36 km/h | 15.3 mm | Very low 0 |
Its twins: fires that started in the same weather
It started with an FWI of 61.0, a minimum humidity of 22% and 12 days without rain. Fires in the area that started in weather like this since 2016: 2.
FWI at the start
61.0
Minimum humidity
22 %
Days without rain
12
this fire
chosen twins
rest of the area
Almost identicalSimilar
Outlines of the closest twins
This fire · Potsdam-Mittelmark fire, 19 June 2022
220 ha
1 day
FWI 61.0
Min. humidity 22 %
Potsdam-Mittelmark fire, August 2018
224 ha
5 days
FWI 44.5
Min. humidity 22 %
25 km away, in 2018
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: 4.8 mm on 30 Aug.
Elbe-Elster fire, July 2022
405 ha
4 days
FWI 45.8
Min. humidity 20 %
80 km away, in 2022
First rain (1 mm or more) after it ended: 6.4 mm on 30 Jul.
What happened to them
Fires in the area that started in similar weather: 2. With fewer than 15 we give no figures: they would be more noise than signal.
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
15.3 mmfirst rain
20 Junthe day after it ended
54km/h · max. gust
It was considered over on 19 Jun, and on 20 Jun 15.3 mm fell. We do not know whether the rain or the firefighters put it out.
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.
Before and after, from space
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Before · 12 Jun 2022
After · 26 Jun 2022
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Other fires nearby
- 590 haTeltow-FlämingJune 2019 · 4 days · 21 km away
- 294 haTeltow-FlämingJuly 2026 · 2 days · 22 km away
- 245 haTeltow-FlämingJuly 2018 · 4 days · 22 km away
- 616 haTeltow-FlämingJune 2023 · 8 days · 23 km away
- 224 haPotsdam-MittelmarkAugust 2018 · 5 days · 25 km away
- 180 haTeltow-FlämingAugust 2024 · 2 days · 25 km away
Frequently asked questions
- How long did the Potsdam-Mittelmark fire last?
- Copernicus dates it between 19 June 2022 and 19 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 220 hectares (2.2 km²). Official national figures may differ.
- Which municipalities burned?
- The fire only entered Potsdam-Mittelmark (220 ha, 0.1 %).
- What was the weather like?
- During the fire the temperature reached 36.0 °C, humidity dropped to 22 % and gusts hit 54 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 61, class Extreme.
- Where does this data come from?
- From the EFFIS (Copernicus) burnt perimeter, NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of Germany (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 · Emergency number and official warnings
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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: EFFIS (Copernicus), mapped on satellite imagery.
- Dates from the perimeter: the VIIRS detections inside it did not change them. No 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.
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 (Data license Germany - Attribution - Version 2.0). 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.