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Departments that have burned most often in Argentina

Departments of Argentina with at least one fire larger than 1,500 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 266. With two or more: 202. Top of the list is Patiño, which has burned 276 times in 11 years, with 905,320 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1PatiñoFormosa276×11 years · 905,320 ha
  2. 2VeraSanta Fe136×11 years · 436,268 ha
  3. 3PilcomayoFormosa99×11 years · 332,437 ha
  4. 4Almirante BrownSantiago del Estero92×11 years · 172,504 ha
  5. 5BermejoFormosa81×11 years · 214,991 ha
  6. 6AntaSalta80×10 years · 183,944 ha
  7. 79 de JulioSanta Fe79×10 years · 183,954 ha
  8. 8FormosaFormosa72×10 years · 257,038 ha
  9. 9GualeguayBuenos Aires65×4 years · 255,985 ha
  10. 10PilagásFormosa60×9 years · 156,328 ha
  11. 11PiranéFormosa60×10 years · 136,352 ha
  12. 12General GüemesChaco58×10 years · 122,638 ha
  13. 13General José de San MartínSalta57×9 years · 234,877 ha
  14. 14Gobernador DupuySan Luis55×11 years · 180,099 ha
  15. 15VictoriaBuenos Aires53×3 years · 289,539 ha
  16. 16OránSalta51×9 years · 199,218 ha
  17. 17MorenoSantiago del Estero47×9 years · 104,761 ha
  18. 18AlberdiSantiago del Estero42×11 years · 86,223 ha
  19. 19Juan F. IbarraSantiago del Estero40×9 years · 81,661 ha
  20. 20UtracánLa Pampa39×9 years · 208,938 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1PatiñoFormosa905,320 ha276× · 34 %
  2. 2VeraSanta Fe436,268 ha136× · 21 %
  3. 3Caleu CaleuLa Pampa377,889 ha26× · 41 %
  4. 4PilcomayoFormosa332,437 ha99× · 62 %
  5. 5VictoriaBuenos Aires289,539 ha53× · 43 %
  6. 6Pichi MahuídaRío Negro286,705 ha35× · 18 %
  7. 7FormosaFormosa257,038 ha72× · 39 %
  8. 8GualeguayBuenos Aires255,985 ha65× · 39 %
  9. 9ItuzaingóCorrientes254,757 ha28× · 26 %
  10. 10General José de San MartínSalta234,877 ha57× · 15 %
  11. 11BermejoFormosa214,991 ha81× · 15 %
  12. 12UtracánLa Pampa208,938 ha39× · 16 %
  13. 13OránSalta199,218 ha51× · 17 %
  14. 149 de JulioSanta Fe183,954 ha79× · 11 %
  15. 15AntaSalta183,944 ha80× · 8.1 %
  16. 16ConesaRío Negro183,516 ha19× · 19 %
  17. 17Gobernador DupuySan Luis180,099 ha55× · 9.8 %
  18. 18Lihuel CalelLa Pampa177,016 ha36× · 14 %
  19. 19Almirante BrownSantiago del Estero172,504 ha92× · 9.8 %
  20. 20PilagásFormosa156,328 ha60× · 45 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1PilcomayoFormosa62 %332,437 ha · 5,373 km²
  2. 2PilagásFormosa45 %156,328 ha · 3,441 km²
  3. 3VictoriaBuenos Aires43 %289,539 ha · 6,660 km²
  4. 4Caleu CaleuLa Pampa41 %377,889 ha · 9,114 km²
  5. 5FormosaFormosa39 %257,038 ha · 6,528 km²
  6. 6GualeguayBuenos Aires39 %255,985 ha · 6,623 km²
  7. 7San MiguelCorrientes38 %115,675 ha · 3,073 km²
  8. 8PatiñoFormosa34 %905,320 ha · 26,292 km²
  9. 9PunillaCórdoba32 %79,993 ha · 2,478 km²
  10. 10Libertador General San MartínSan Luis28 %98,091 ha · 3,487 km²
  11. 11ItuzaingóCorrientes26 %254,757 ha · 9,701 km²
  12. 12SanagastaLa Roja25 %33,057 ha · 1,308 km²
  13. 13ChacabucoSan Luis25 %59,844 ha · 2,423 km²
  14. 14VeraSanta Fe21 %436,268 ha · 20,791 km²
  15. 15LedesmaJujuy21 %62,601 ha · 2,997 km²
  16. 16CapitalCatamarca20 %8,104 ha · 400 km²
  17. 17ItatíCorrientes20 %70,042 ha · 3,460 km²
  18. 18General PazCorrientes20 %52,002 ha · 2,621 km²
  19. 19ConcepciónCorrientes20 %103,913 ha · 5,300 km²
  20. 20ConesaRío Negro19 %183,516 ha · 9,799 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 1,500 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.