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Wildfires in General Güemes

General Güemes, Argentina, has had 60 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 129,270 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 5.0% of its area. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 2).

Only fires of 1,500 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Sat 14 Very low 32° · 45 % · 39 km/h
  2. Sun 15 Very low 32° · 48 % · 22 km/h
  3. Mon 16 Low 36° · 34 % · 21 km/h
  4. Tue 17 Very low 34° · 52 % · 31 km/h
  5. Wed 18 Very low 35° · 50 % · 27 km/h
  6. Thu 19 Very low 36° · 45 % · 43 km/h
  7. Fri 20 Very low 31° · 68 % · 51 km/h
  8. Sat 21 Very low 34° · 52 % · 32 km/h

Canadian Fire Weather Index, the same system Copernicus uses, computed by WorldFires from the weather forecast and two months of past weather for fuel state. It is an estimate per municipality, not an official warning: warnings are issued by each country’s emergency service. Put this widget on your website

Smoke today in General Güemes: hourly forecast

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

129,270
hectares burned
5.0 %
of its area
60
fires
26,043
km²

How many times has General Güemes burned?

General Güemes has burned 60 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: General Güemes fire, 8 November 2026, with 2,140 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 3× 16
  2. 1× 17
  3. 5× 18
  4. 6× 19
  5. 22× 20
  6. 4× 21
  7. 5× 22
  8. 2× 23
  9. 7× 24
  10. 3× 25
  11. 2× 26
60
fires
11
years with fire
129,270
cumulative ha
8 Nov 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 1,500 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached the municipality, even partly. Cumulative hectares add up every fire; the distinct area counts land that burned several times only once. Perimeters and boundaries overlaid by WorldFires.

Where it has burned most often in Argentina

Fires that entered General Güemes

  1. 2,140 ha General Güemes fire, 8 November 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,136 ha in total · 7 days
  2. 4,492 ha General Güemes fire, 8 November 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,487 ha in total · 7 days
  3. 1,744 ha General Güemes fire, 23 September 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,735 ha in total · 7 days
  4. 2,782 ha General Güemes fire, 19 September 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,258 ha in total · 8 days
  5. 2,256 ha General Güemes fire, February 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,232 ha in total · 2 days
  6. 1,598 ha General Güemes fire, 28 September 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,578 ha in total · 7 days
  7. 164 ha Almirante Brown fire, 28 September 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 1,505 ha in total · 6 days
  8. 1,772 ha General Güemes fire, 17 September 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,752 ha in total · 9 days
  9. 800 ha Almirante Brown fire, 12 September 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 1,503 ha in total · 11 days
  10. 1,661 ha General Güemes fire, 2 September 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,647 ha in total · 7 days
  11. 2,486 ha General Güemes fire, August 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,466 ha in total · 3 days
  12. 1 ha Almirante Brown fire, 1 August 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 3,036 ha in total · 3 days
  13. 1,556 ha General Güemes fire, October 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,540 ha in total · 16 days
  14. 363 ha Almirante Brown fire, 22 August 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 2,658 ha in total · 3 days
  15. 82 ha Almirante Brown fire, November 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 1,515 ha in total · 2 days
  16. 4,621 ha General Güemes fire, October 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,646 ha in total · 9 days
  17. 3,417 ha General Güemes fire, 31 January 2022 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,408 ha in total · 11 days
  18. 1,801 ha General Güemes fire, 23 January 2022 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,796 ha in total · 4 days
  19. 2,107 ha General Güemes fire, 16 January 2022 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,104 ha in total · 2 days
  20. 1,835 ha General Güemes fire, December 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,820 ha in total · 2 days
  21. 1,648 ha General Güemes fire, September 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,629 ha in total · 4 days
  22. 167 ha Patiño fire, 26 August 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 7,202 ha in total · 8 days
  23. 1,889 ha General Güemes fire, July 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,883 ha in total · 6 days
  24. 1,438 ha General Güemes fire, 4 October 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,513 ha in total · 2 days
  25. 2,087 ha General Güemes fire, 3 October 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,062 ha in total · 6 days
  26. 2,335 ha General Güemes fire, 30 September 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,313 ha in total · 3 days
  27. 1,479 ha General Güemes fire, 30 September 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,705 ha in total · 3 days
  28. 2,514 ha General Güemes fire, 27 September 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,485 ha in total · 6 days
  29. 3,523 ha General Güemes fire, 27 September 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,515 ha in total · 16 days
  30. 1,708 ha General Güemes fire, 27 September 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,688 ha in total · 6 days
  31. 2,393 ha General Güemes fire, 26 September 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,378 ha in total · 6 days
  32. 1,530 ha General Güemes fire, 26 September 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,518 ha in total · 6 days
  33. 1,898 ha General Güemes fire, 25 September 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,884 ha in total · 9 days
  34. 1,941 ha General Güemes fire, 25 September 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,929 ha in total · 7 days
  35. 1,550 ha General Güemes fire, 25 September 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,538 ha in total · 8 days
  36. 1,804 ha General Güemes fire, 23 September 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,793 ha in total · 18 days
  37. 1,878 ha General Güemes fire, 22 September 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,876 ha in total · 11 days
  38. 6,815 ha General Güemes fire, 21 September 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,807 ha in total · 12 days
  39. 3,344 ha General Güemes fire, 21 September 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,318 ha in total · 12 days
  40. 2,507 ha General Güemes fire, 18 September 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,818 ha in total · 14 days
  41. 2,004 ha General Güemes fire, 24 August 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,981 ha in total · 2 days
  42. 6,978 ha General Güemes fire, 5 August 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,961 ha in total · 6 days
  43. 3,014 ha General Güemes fire, 4 August 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,009 ha in total · 9 days
  44. 1,670 ha General Güemes fire, 1 August 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,664 ha in total · 6 days
  45. 2,301 ha General Güemes fire, 1 August 2020 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,734 ha in total · 6 days
  46. 5,132 ha General Güemes fire, October 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 5,119 ha in total · 9 days
  47. 22 ha Almirante Brown fire, 25 October 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 1,561 ha in total · 9 days
  48. 1 ha Patiño fire, 24 October 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 4,942 ha in total · 12 days
  49. 3,389 ha General Güemes fire, September 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 3,636 ha in total · 10 days
  50. 152 ha Almirante Brown fire, 14 September 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 2,972 ha in total · 10 days
  51. 2,028 ha General Güemes fire, August 2019 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,004 ha in total · 4 days
  52. 4,854 ha General Güemes fire, September 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,843 ha in total · 9 days
  53. 2,461 ha General Güemes fire, 29 August 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,454 ha in total · 3 days
  54. 2,593 ha General Güemes fire, 16 August 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 2,563 ha in total · 15 days
  55. 1,527 ha General Güemes fire, 9 August 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,522 ha in total · 5 days
  56. 1,845 ha General Güemes fire, 6 August 2018 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,826 ha in total · 4 days
  57. 1,626 ha General Güemes fire, November 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,608 ha in total · 7 days
  58. 1,888 ha General Güemes fire, September 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,884 ha in total · 12 days
  59. 1,765 ha General Güemes fire, 25 August 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,744 ha in total · 2 days
  60. 1,893 ha General Güemes fire, 9 August 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 1,871 ha in total · 18 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/Instituto Geografico Nacional and UNHCR, OCHA ROLAC (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)). The area per municipality is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

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