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Municipalities that have burned most often in Brazil

Municipalities of Brazil with at least one fire larger than 3,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 1,206. With two or more: 847. Top of the list is Corumbá, which has burned 337 times in 11 years, with 3,712,157 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1CorumbáMato Grosso do Sul337×11 years · 3,712,157 ha
  2. 2AltamiraPará287×11 years · 2,052,376 ha
  3. 3São Félix do XinguPará203×11 years · 2,457,931 ha
  4. 4Novo ProgressoPará146×11 years · 984,745 ha
  5. 5LábreaAmazonas133×11 years · 908,600 ha
  6. 6Formoso do AraguaiaTocantins130×10 years · 845,440 ha
  7. 7Lagoa da ConfusãoTocantins123×11 years · 1,241,703 ha
  8. 8ParanatingaMato Grosso107×11 years · 695,850 ha
  9. 9ParanãTocantins105×11 years · 906,919 ha
  10. 10Porto VelhoRondônia105×11 years · 611,593 ha
  11. 11ApuíAmazonas103×11 years · 629,662 ha
  12. 12CocalinhoMato Grosso93×11 years · 575,673 ha
  13. 13BalsasMaranhão93×10 years · 448,412 ha
  14. 14Formosa do Rio PretoBahia91×10 years · 575,342 ha
  15. 15NiquelândiaGoiás90×11 years · 509,364 ha
  16. 16Porto MurtinhoMato Grosso do Sul89×10 years · 919,629 ha
  17. 17São Félix do AraguaiaMato Grosso89×10 years · 471,846 ha
  18. 18ColnizaMato Grosso87×11 years · 485,529 ha
  19. 19PiumTocantins86×11 years · 685,074 ha
  20. 20CáceresMato Grosso83×7 years · 1,349,977 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1CorumbáMato Grosso do Sul3,712,157 ha337× · 57 %
  2. 2São Félix do XinguPará2,457,931 ha203× · 29 %
  3. 3AltamiraPará2,052,376 ha287× · 13 %
  4. 4PoconéMato Grosso1,500,708 ha70× · 88 %
  5. 5CáceresMato Grosso1,349,977 ha83× · 55 %
  6. 6Lagoa da ConfusãoTocantins1,241,703 ha123× · 1.2×
  7. 7Barão de MelgaçoMato Grosso1,185,128 ha62× · 1.0×
  8. 8Cumaru do NortePará985,993 ha74× · 57 %
  9. 9Novo ProgressoPará984,745 ha146× · 26 %
  10. 10Porto MurtinhoMato Grosso do Sul919,629 ha89× · 52 %
  11. 11LábreaAmazonas908,600 ha133× · 13 %
  12. 12ParanãTocantins906,919 ha105× · 80 %
  13. 13Formoso do AraguaiaTocantins845,440 ha130× · 63 %
  14. 14Barra do GarçasMato Grosso743,701 ha63× · 81 %
  15. 15Ribeirão CascalheiraMato Grosso742,093 ha73× · 65 %
  16. 16Nova NazaréMato Grosso713,456 ha47× · 1.8×
  17. 17Santana do AraguaiaPará696,508 ha58× · 60 %
  18. 18ParanatingaMato Grosso695,850 ha107× · 29 %
  19. 19AquidauanaMato Grosso do Sul693,344 ha56× · 40 %
  20. 20PiumTocantins685,074 ha86× · 68 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Nova NazaréMato Grosso1.8×713,456 ha · 4,062 km²
  2. 2São José do PeixePiaui1.3×168,102 ha · 1,295 km²
  3. 3Lagoa da ConfusãoTocantins1.2×1,241,703 ha · 10,617 km²
  4. 4Novo JardimTocantins1.1×138,021 ha · 1,222 km²
  5. 5LuciaraMato Grosso1.1×450,106 ha · 4,271 km²
  6. 6Barão de MelgaçoMato Grosso1.0×1,185,128 ha · 11,497 km²
  7. 7Flores do PiauíPiaui1.0×97,905 ha · 953 km²
  8. 8São Salvador do TocantinsTocantins1.0×146,977 ha · 1,433 km²
  9. 9IpueirasTocantins1.0×83,155 ha · 821 km²
  10. 10Alto Boa VistaMato Grosso1.0×227,021 ha · 2,254 km²
  11. 11Miguel LeãoPiaui98 %9,173 ha · 94 km²
  12. 12Nazaré do PiauíPiaui92 %122,178 ha · 1,324 km²
  13. 13Santa TerezinhaMato Grosso90 %583,994 ha · 6,508 km²
  14. 14Mimoso de GoiásGoiás89 %123,427 ha · 1,394 km²
  15. 15Santo Inácio do PiauíPiaui88 %75,501 ha · 858 km²
  16. 16PoconéMato Grosso88 %1,500,708 ha · 17,119 km²
  17. 17Hugo NapoleãoPiaui86 %19,559 ha · 226 km²
  18. 18Alto ParaguaiMato Grosso83 %153,670 ha · 1,856 km²
  19. 19Barra do GarçasMato Grosso81 %743,701 ha · 9,132 km²
  20. 20Colônia do PiauíPiaui81 %77,420 ha · 954 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 3,000 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.