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Wildfires in San Rafael

San Rafael, Bolivia: 41 fires since 2017 burned 1,041,352 hectares inside its boundaries, 1.1 times its area, because some ground burned more than once. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 18).

Only fires of 3,000 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. Mon 2 Moderate 36° · 44 % · 44 km/h
  2. Tue 3 Moderate 37° · 37 % · 40 km/h
  3. Wed 4 Moderate 37° · 41 % · 48 km/h
  4. Thu 5 Low 34° · 50 % · 41 km/h
  5. Fri 6 Moderate 36° · 44 % · 24 km/h
  6. Sat 7 Very low 34° · 57 % · 54 km/h
  7. Sun 8 Low 28° · 41 % · 41 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

1,041,352
hectares burned
1.1×
times its area (some ground burned more than once)
41
fires
9,770
km²

How many times has San Rafael burned?

San Rafael has burned 41 times since 2016, in 9 years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2026. The most recent: San Rafael fire, October 2026, with 3,061 hectares inside the municipality.

  1.   16
  2. 2× 17
  3. 1× 18
  4. 6× 19
  5. 3× 20
  6. 5× 21
  7. 5× 22
  8. 4× 23
  9. 7× 24
  10.   25
  11. 8× 26
41
fires
9
years with fire
1,041,352
cumulative ha
3 Oct 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 3,000 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 Bolivia →

Fires that entered San Rafael

  1. 3,061 ha San Rafael fire, October 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,045 ha in total · 3 days
  2. 5,631 ha San Rafael fire, 22 August 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,681 ha in total · 15 days
  3. 6,083 ha San Rafael fire, 18 August 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,059 ha in total · 19 days
  4. 4,418 ha San Rafael fire, July 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,391 ha in total · 33 days
  5. 4,115 ha San Rafael fire, 30 May 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,098 ha in total · 6 days
  6. 7,455 ha San Rafael fire, 24 May 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 7,418 ha in total · 14 days
  7. 5,386 ha San Rafael fire, 24 May 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,360 ha in total · 15 days
  8. 8,208 ha San Rafael fire, 11 May 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 8,167 ha in total · 7 days
  9. 2,898 ha San José fire, 26 August 2024 0.3% of the municipality · 16,562 ha in total · 27 days
  10. 3,699 ha San Miguel fire, 1 August 2024 0.4% of the municipality · 4,421 ha in total · 7 days
  11. 10,079 ha San Rafael fire, July 2024 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 10,013 ha in total · 23 days
  12. 85,053 ha San Matías fire, July 2024 8.7% of the municipality · 1,152,740 ha in total · 109 days
  13. 402,829 ha San Rafael fire, 20 June 2024 where it started 41% of the municipality · 532,162 ha in total · 129 days
  14. 5,196 ha San Rafael fire, 3 June 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,170 ha in total · 27 days
  15. 3,223 ha San Rafael fire, May 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,206 ha in total · 17 days
  16. 2,253 ha San Rafael fire, November 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,314 ha in total · 14 days
  17. 3,710 ha San Rafael fire, October 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,691 ha in total · 20 days
  18. 3,290 ha San Rafael fire, September 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,270 ha in total · 6 days
  19. 4,023 ha San Rafael fire, July 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,004 ha in total · 30 days
  20. 11,130 ha San Rafael fire, November 2022 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 11,655 ha in total · 15 days
  21. 3,489 ha San Rafael fire, October 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,468 ha in total · 12 days
  22. 1,544 ha San Ignacio fire, 4 September 2022 0.2% of the municipality · 14,989 ha in total · 31 days
  23. 4,827 ha San Rafael fire, July 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,806 ha in total · 9 days
  24. 4,745 ha San Rafael fire, June 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,722 ha in total · 21 days
  25. 3,487 ha San Rafael fire, 22 October 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,468 ha in total · 2 days
  26. 3,045 ha San Rafael fire, 5 October 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,116 ha in total · 20 days
  27. 5,503 ha San Rafael fire, August 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,474 ha in total · 7 days
  28. 65,225 ha San Ignacio fire, 5 August 2021 6.7% of the municipality · 91,655 ha in total · 72 days
  29. 73,222 ha San Matías fire, 20 July 2021 7.5% of the municipality · 739,980 ha in total · 97 days
  30. 3,432 ha San Rafael fire, October 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,408 ha in total · 11 days
  31. 3,254 ha San Rafael fire, September 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,232 ha in total · 15 days
  32. 42,674 ha San Rafael fire, August 2020 where it started 4.4% of the municipality · 42,465 ha in total · 55 days
  33. 326 ha San Miguel fire, 6 September 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 6,051 ha in total · 19 days
  34. 4,613 ha San Rafael fire, September 2019 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,582 ha in total · 21 days
  35. 4,331 ha San José fire, 5 August 2019 0.4% of the municipality · 9,606 ha in total · 21 days
  36. 50,844 ha San Rafael fire, August 2019 where it started 5.2% of the municipality · 50,547 ha in total · 25 days
  37. 17,376 ha San Rafael fire, 28 July 2019 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 17,259 ha in total · 28 days
  38. 157,188 ha San Rafael fire, 22 July 2019 where it started 16% of the municipality · 528,947 ha in total · 76 days
  39. 3,487 ha San Rafael fire, August 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,471 ha in total · 11 days
  40. 3,919 ha San Rafael fire, August 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,898 ha in total · 25 days
  41. 3,079 ha San Rafael fire, July 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,057 ha in total · 25 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0), rebuilt from heat detections, and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/GeoBolivia (Public Domain). 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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