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Wildfires in Aurukun

Aurukun, Australia, has had 73 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 665,036 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 89% of its area. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 16).

Only fires of 5,000 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 24 Low 36° · 37 % · 35 km/h
  2. Sun 25 Moderate 37° · 34 % · 33 km/h
  3. Mon 26 High 37° · 34 % · 38 km/h
  4. Tue 27 Moderate 37° · 36 % · 35 km/h
  5. Wed 28 High 38° · 30 % · 37 km/h
  6. Thu 29 High 38° · 31 % · 48 km/h
  7. Fri 30 High 39° · 27 % · 41 km/h
  8. Sat 31 Moderate 38° · 37 % · 36 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.

The municipality and its fires

Since 2016

665,036
hectares burned
89 %
of its area
73
fires
7,470
km²

How many times has Aurukun burned?

Aurukun has burned 73 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Aurukun fire, 13 September 2026, with 9,086 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 8× 16
  2. 5× 17
  3. 7× 18
  4. 3× 19
  5. 4× 20
  6. 5× 21
  7. 5× 22
  8. 8× 23
  9. 4× 24
  10. 7× 25
  11. 17× 26
73
fires
11
years with fire
665,036
cumulative ha
13 Sept 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 5,000 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 Australia →

Fires that entered Aurukun

  1. 9,086 ha Aurukun fire, 13 September 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 9,187 ha in total · 15 days
  2. 14,415 ha Aurukun fire, 6 September 2026 where it started 1.9% of the municipality · 14,355 ha in total · 40 days
  3. 693 ha Cook fire, 9 August 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 5,507 ha in total · 16 days
  4. 36,118 ha Aurukun fire, August 2026 where it started 4.8% of the municipality · 68,368 ha in total · 79 days
  5. 2,984 ha Cook fire, 18 July 2026 0.4% of the municipality · 12,724 ha in total · 17 days
  6. 14,806 ha Cook fire, 18 July 2026 2.0% of the municipality · 49,808 ha in total · 23 days
  7. 13,688 ha Aurukun fire, 18 July 2026 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 13,615 ha in total · 15 days
  8. 1,776 ha Cook fire, 13 July 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 6,729 ha in total · 2 days
  9. 5,070 ha Aurukun fire, 13 July 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 5,050 ha in total · 2 days
  10. 1,732 ha Cook fire, 9 July 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 17,156 ha in total · 6 days
  11. 4,649 ha Aurukun fire, 3 July 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,016 ha in total · 4 days
  12. 36,393 ha Aurukun fire, 2 July 2026 where it started 4.9% of the municipality · 53,850 ha in total · 13 days
  13. 9,245 ha Aurukun fire, 26 June 2026 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 9,223 ha in total · 4 days
  14. 6,579 ha Aurukun fire, 24 June 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 6,534 ha in total · 16 days
  15. 3,618 ha Cook fire, 18 June 2026 0.5% of the municipality · 12,329 ha in total · 12 days
  16. 3,244 ha Cook fire, 11 June 2026 0.4% of the municipality · 10,326 ha in total · 18 days
  17. 180 ha Cook fire, 4 June 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 50,712 ha in total · 26 days
  18. 9,784 ha Aurukun fire, 13 September 2025 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 10,483 ha in total · 20 days
  19. 5,850 ha Aurukun fire, 12 September 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,827 ha in total · 13 days
  20. 7,592 ha Aurukun fire, 22 August 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 8,076 ha in total · 8 days
  21. 15,908 ha Aurukun fire, 12 August 2025 where it started 2.1% of the municipality · 15,810 ha in total · 7 days
  22. 2,340 ha Aurukun fire, 10 August 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 11,602 ha in total · 11 days
  23. 4,032 ha Cook fire, 22 July 2025 0.5% of the municipality · 17,778 ha in total · 19 days
  24. 2,587 ha Cook fire, 12 July 2025 0.4% of the municipality · 11,078 ha in total · 14 days
  25. 689 ha Cook fire, 1 October 2024 0.1% of the municipality · 5,232 ha in total · 15 days
  26. 7,364 ha Aurukun fire, 30 September 2024 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 7,334 ha in total · 13 days
  27. 11,496 ha Aurukun fire, 30 September 2024 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 14,067 ha in total · 10 days
  28. 1,496 ha Cook fire, 19 July 2024 0.2% of the municipality · 5,655 ha in total · 3 days
  29. 23,254 ha Aurukun fire, November 2023 where it started 3.1% of the municipality · 23,112 ha in total · 13 days
  30. 18,057 ha Aurukun fire, October 2023 where it started 2.4% of the municipality · 17,980 ha in total · 18 days
  31. 16,452 ha Cook fire, 11 October 2023 2.2% of the municipality · 113,118 ha in total · 35 days
  32. 3,315 ha Aurukun fire, September 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 9,732 ha in total · 17 days
  33. 12,198 ha Napranum fire, September 2023 1.6% of the municipality · 13,387 ha in total · 17 days
  34. 9,277 ha Aurukun fire, 26 August 2023 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 11,298 ha in total · 12 days
  35. 28,275 ha Aurukun fire, 5 August 2023 where it started 3.8% of the municipality · 28,131 ha in total · 46 days
  36. 5,895 ha Aurukun fire, June 2023 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,851 ha in total · 3 days
  37. 6,840 ha Aurukun fire, 17 September 2022 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 14,001 ha in total · 12 days
  38. 6,628 ha Aurukun fire, 5 September 2022 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 6,597 ha in total · 9 days
  39. 6,735 ha Aurukun fire, 3 September 2022 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 7,873 ha in total · 17 days
  40. 46,641 ha Aurukun fire, August 2022 where it started 6.2% of the municipality · 79,582 ha in total · 33 days
  41. 6,739 ha Aurukun fire, July 2022 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 6,704 ha in total · 10 days
  42. 8,953 ha Aurukun fire, November 2021 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 8,882 ha in total · 9 days
  43. 302 ha Cook fire, 23 October 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 5,572 ha in total · 7 days
  44. 10,853 ha Cook fire, 23 October 2021 1.4% of the municipality · 33,248 ha in total · 19 days
  45. 18,770 ha Aurukun fire, September 2021 where it started 2.5% of the municipality · 18,717 ha in total · 12 days
  46. 7,604 ha Aurukun fire, August 2021 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 8,592 ha in total · 7 days
  47. 62 ha Cook fire, 15 November 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 17,792 ha in total · 7 days
  48. 6,514 ha Aurukun fire, September 2020 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 6,781 ha in total · 6 days
  49. 6,011 ha Aurukun fire, August 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 6,533 ha in total · 4 days
  50. 5,808 ha Aurukun fire, July 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,762 ha in total · 6 days
  51. 6,318 ha Aurukun fire, September 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 14,604 ha in total · 14 days
  52. 406 ha Cook fire, 9 August 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 15,061 ha in total · 22 days
  53. 5,070 ha Aurukun fire, July 2019 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 5,047 ha in total · 3 days
  54. 15,957 ha Aurukun fire, 27 October 2018 where it started 2.1% of the municipality · 15,864 ha in total · 11 days
  55. 26,082 ha Aurukun fire, 2 October 2018 where it started 3.5% of the municipality · 25,898 ha in total · 23 days
  56. 11,296 ha Aurukun fire, 25 September 2018 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 11,248 ha in total · 13 days
  57. 11,069 ha Aurukun fire, 19 September 2018 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 10,986 ha in total · 12 days
  58. 96 ha Pormpuraaw fire, September 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 29,522 ha in total · 31 days
  59. 940 ha Napranum fire, 3 September 2018 0.1% of the municipality · 5,341 ha in total · 13 days
  60. 13,923 ha Cook fire, 31 August 2018 1.9% of the municipality · 25,955 ha in total · 23 days
  61. 8,802 ha Aurukun fire, 21 September 2017 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 8,749 ha in total · 8 days
  62. 9,598 ha Aurukun fire, 20 September 2017 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 9,538 ha in total · 8 days
  63. 5,194 ha Aurukun fire, 15 September 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 5,165 ha in total · 8 days
  64. 5,433 ha Aurukun fire, 3 September 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 5,412 ha in total · 5 days
  65. 8,673 ha Aurukun fire, August 2017 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 8,636 ha in total · 10 days
  66. 23,888 ha Aurukun fire, 31 October 2016 where it started 3.2% of the municipality · 23,763 ha in total · 5 days
  67. 679 ha Aurukun fire, 25 October 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 5,488 ha in total · 10 days
  68. 2,489 ha Aurukun fire, 17 October 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 8,738 ha in total · 9 days
  69. 1,380 ha Cook fire, 15 October 2016 0.2% of the municipality · 27,363 ha in total · 25 days
  70. 4,630 ha Cook fire, 12 October 2016 0.6% of the municipality · 26,910 ha in total · 11 days
  71. 7,019 ha Aurukun fire, 6 October 2016 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 6,992 ha in total · 8 days
  72. 6,039 ha Aurukun fire, August 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 6,016 ha in total · 8 days
  73. 1,451 ha Cook fire, July 2016 0.2% of the municipality · 6,042 ha in total · 5 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/Australian Bureau of Statistics (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)). 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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