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Wildfires in Burke

Burke, Australia, has had 95 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 1,159,647 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 29% of its area. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 15).

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. Fri 23 Low 34° · 38 % · 26 km/h
  2. Sat 24 Moderate 36° · 34 % · 38 km/h
  3. Sun 25 Moderate 36° · 41 % · 39 km/h
  4. Mon 26 Moderate 37° · 40 % · 38 km/h
  5. Tue 27 Low 36° · 40 % · 22 km/h
  6. Wed 28 Very low 35° · 49 % · 41 km/h
  7. Thu 29 Very low 34° · 53 % · 32 km/h
  8. Fri 30 Low 36° · 47 % · 44 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

1,159,647
hectares burned
29 %
of its area
95
fires
39,890
km²

Hectares per year

1617181920212223242526

Fires that entered Burke

  1. 45,399 ha Burke fire, 22 September 2026 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 49,500 ha in total · 21 days
  2. 1,126 ha Mount Isa fire, 18 September 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 34,354 ha in total · 9 days
  3. 25,712 ha Burke fire, 3 September 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 104,417 ha in total · 21 days
  4. 14,484 ha Burke fire, August 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 14,407 ha in total · 9 days
  5. 3,365 ha Burke fire, 25 July 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 5,048 ha in total · 3 days
  6. 5,517 ha Burke fire, 21 July 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 5,513 ha in total · 7 days
  7. 78,668 ha Burke fire, 20 July 2026 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 78,404 ha in total · 43 days
  8. 2,372 ha Doomadgee fire, July 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 36,579 ha in total · 15 days
  9. 5,306 ha Burke fire, 26 June 2026 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 6,384 ha in total · 3 days
  10. 778 ha Burke fire, 21 June 2026 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 8,799 ha in total · 4 days
  11. 47,174 ha Burke fire, 24 November 2025 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 67,865 ha in total · 15 days
  12. 9,518 ha Burke fire, 19 November 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 9,519 ha in total · 10 days
  13. 3,267 ha Cloncurry fire, November 2025 0.1% of the municipality · 6,316 ha in total · 4 days
  14. 10,803 ha Burke fire, 10 November 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 10,679 ha in total · 4 days
  15. 42,327 ha Burke fire, 28 October 2025 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 42,299 ha in total · 15 days
  16. 16,975 ha Burke fire, 19 October 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 16,949 ha in total · 15 days
  17. 13,344 ha Burke fire, 18 October 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 13,334 ha in total · 16 days
  18. 17,166 ha Burke fire, 4 October 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 17,063 ha in total · 5 days
  19. 8,396 ha Burke fire, 29 September 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 10,196 ha in total · 8 days
  20. 7,120 ha Burke fire, 28 September 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 7,099 ha in total · 7 days
  21. 5,165 ha Burke fire, 22 September 2025 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 5,162 ha in total · 5 days
  22. 18,011 ha Burke fire, 21 September 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 17,964 ha in total · 7 days
  23. 11,273 ha Burke fire, August 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 11,281 ha in total · 7 days
  24. 8,827 ha Mount Isa fire, 27 December 2024 0.2% of the municipality · 9,453 ha in total · 10 days
  25. 5,761 ha Burke fire, December 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 6,420 ha in total · 7 days
  26. 5,564 ha Burke fire, November 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 5,493 ha in total · 3 days
  27. 269 ha Cloncurry fire, 13 November 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 7,179 ha in total · 3 days
  28. 25,710 ha Burke fire, 19 October 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 26,297 ha in total · 11 days
  29. 20,865 ha Mount Isa fire, 19 October 2024 0.5% of the municipality · 79,327 ha in total · 15 days
  30. 145 ha Roper Gulf fire, 15 October 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 65,337 ha in total · 15 days
  31. 10,842 ha Burke fire, 8 October 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 12,984 ha in total · 4 days
  32. 72,284 ha Burke fire, 5 October 2024 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 122,036 ha in total · 10 days
  33. 1,804 ha Barkly fire, 28 August 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 18,582 ha in total · 11 days
  34. 14,454 ha Burke fire, August 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 14,404 ha in total · 9 days
  35. 2,103 ha Roper Gulf fire, 1 May 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 5,507 ha in total · 8 days
  36. 942 ha Mount Isa fire, 26 December 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 7,848 ha in total · 5 days
  37. 13,104 ha Cloncurry fire, 21 December 2023 0.3% of the municipality · 112,672 ha in total · 16 days
  38. 14,018 ha Mount Isa fire, 21 December 2023 0.4% of the municipality · 58,391 ha in total · 14 days
  39. 102 ha Mount Isa fire, 20 December 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 125,964 ha in total · 19 days
  40. 10,951 ha Burke fire, 17 November 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 10,825 ha in total · 5 days
  41. 6,570 ha Burke fire, 15 November 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,578 ha in total · 5 days
  42. 6,245 ha Burke fire, 15 November 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,246 ha in total · 4 days
  43. 20,941 ha Burke fire, 12 November 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 24,793 ha in total · 8 days
  44. 5,055 ha Burke fire, October 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 5,009 ha in total · 2 days
  45. 30,443 ha Barkly fire, 28 September 2023 0.8% of the municipality · 43,494 ha in total · 25 days
  46. 6,035 ha Burke fire, September 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,020 ha in total · 16 days
  47. 6,307 ha Burke fire, 31 August 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,299 ha in total · 4 days
  48. 51,408 ha Burke fire, 22 August 2023 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 231,553 ha in total · 53 days
  49. 28,566 ha Burke fire, 8 August 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 28,500 ha in total · 12 days
  50. 14,356 ha Burke fire, 4 August 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 14,282 ha in total · 12 days
  51. 5,419 ha Burke fire, 2 August 2023 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 5,392 ha in total · 8 days
  52. 653 ha Mount Isa fire, 7 May 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 5,791 ha in total · 7 days
  53. 92 ha Mount Isa fire, 6 May 2023 0.0% of the municipality · 5,398 ha in total · 8 days
  54. 8,924 ha Burke fire, May 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 8,843 ha in total · 13 days
  55. 5,532 ha Burke fire, November 2022 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 5,528 ha in total · 4 days
  56. 936 ha Roper Gulf fire, 2 November 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 36,602 ha in total · 17 days
  57. 16,567 ha Burke fire, 28 October 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 16,530 ha in total · 12 days
  58. 13,857 ha Burke fire, 23 October 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 13,856 ha in total · 14 days
  59. 8,930 ha Burke fire, 28 August 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 8,931 ha in total · 7 days
  60. 13,059 ha Burke fire, 21 August 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 13,067 ha in total · 9 days
  61. 10,868 ha Burke fire, July 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 10,842 ha in total · 7 days
  62. 9,683 ha Burke fire, 9 December 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 9,689 ha in total · 3 days
  63. 12,320 ha Burke fire, 9 December 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 12,274 ha in total · 6 days
  64. 13,337 ha Burke fire, 9 December 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 13,274 ha in total · 9 days
  65. 108 ha Roper Gulf fire, 28 October 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 5,384 ha in total · 5 days
  66. 5,041 ha Burke fire, October 2021 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 5,033 ha in total · 3 days
  67. 7,514 ha Burke fire, September 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 7,499 ha in total · 9 days
  68. 9,884 ha Burke fire, November 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 9,896 ha in total · 7 days
  69. 7,149 ha Burke fire, August 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 7,125 ha in total · 9 days
  70. 7,667 ha Burke fire, July 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 9,277 ha in total · 12 days
  71. 402 ha Mount Isa fire, December 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 6,904 ha in total · 5 days
  72. 256 ha Roper Gulf fire, 14 December 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 66,989 ha in total · 20 days
  73. 8,861 ha Burke fire, December 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 8,866 ha in total · 9 days
  74. 10,289 ha Burke fire, December 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 13,237 ha in total · 12 days
  75. 26,729 ha Burke fire, 11 October 2018 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 36,354 ha in total · 23 days
  76. 8,525 ha Burke fire, 8 October 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 8,497 ha in total · 4 days
  77. 7,677 ha Burke fire, 19 September 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 7,655 ha in total · 5 days
  78. 13,859 ha Burke fire, 9 September 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 13,850 ha in total · 7 days
  79. 7,553 ha Burke fire, 2 September 2018 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 7,546 ha in total · 15 days
  80. 47,661 ha Burke fire, 2 September 2018 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 47,398 ha in total · 9 days
  81. 20,339 ha Burke fire, August 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 20,336 ha in total · 13 days
  82. 1,093 ha Doomadgee fire, 12 May 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 9,649 ha in total · 6 days
  83. 3,283 ha Doomadgee fire, 9 May 2018 0.1% of the municipality · 13,524 ha in total · 10 days
  84. 51 ha Barkly fire, 20 April 2018 0.0% of the municipality · 7,676 ha in total · 3 days
  85. 7,540 ha Burke fire, 16 December 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 16,289 ha in total · 7 days
  86. 6,129 ha Burke fire, 12 December 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,103 ha in total · 4 days
  87. 5,206 ha Burke fire, 12 December 2017 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 5,181 ha in total · 4 days
  88. 6,742 ha Burke fire, November 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,745 ha in total · 3 days
  89. 6,788 ha Burke fire, October 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 6,793 ha in total · 6 days
  90. 9,810 ha Burke fire, September 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 9,785 ha in total · 6 days
  91. 13,694 ha Barkly fire, 25 August 2017 0.3% of the municipality · 213,151 ha in total · 32 days
  92. 187 ha Cloncurry fire, 29 November 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 5,854 ha in total · 10 days
  93. 4,781 ha Burke fire, 17 October 2016 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 5,267 ha in total · 5 days
  94. 7,700 ha Burke fire, 9 October 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 7,651 ha in total · 10 days
  95. 14 ha Mount Isa fire, April 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 9,589 ha in total · 7 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).