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Wildfires in Barra do Garças

Barra do Garças, Brazil, has had 63 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 743,701 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 81% of its area. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 0).

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. Fri 30 Very low 30° · 65 % · 23 km/h
  2. Sat 31 Very low 32° · 54 % · 27 km/h
  3. Sun 1 Very low 32° · 57 % · 26 km/h
  4. Mon 2 Very low 33° · 57 % · 27 km/h
  5. Tue 3 Very low 33° · 57 % · 26 km/h
  6. Wed 4 Very low 35° · 49 % · 38 km/h
  7. Thu 5 Very low 35° · 49 % · 39 km/h
  8. Fri 6 Very low 33° · 54 % · 30 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

743,701
hectares burned
81 %
of its area
63
fires
9,132
km²

How many times has Barra do Garças burned?

Barra do Garças has burned 63 times since 2016, in 10 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Barra do Garças fire, September 2026, with 5,075 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 4× 16
  2. 10× 17
  3. 3× 18
  4. 6× 19
  5. 7× 20
  6. 10× 21
  7. 4× 22
  8.   23
  9. 9× 24
  10. 6× 25
  11. 4× 26
63
fires
10
years with fire
743,701
cumulative ha
15 Sept 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 Brazil →

Fires that entered Barra do Garças

  1. 5,075 ha Barra do Garças fire, September 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,134 ha in total · 8 days
  2. 4 ha General Carneiro fire, 23 August 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 4,841 ha in total · 7 days
  3. 12,067 ha Barra do Garças fire, August 2026 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 12,967 ha in total · 20 days
  4. 71,964 ha Novo São Joaquim fire, 6 August 2026 7.9% of the municipality · 77,877 ha in total · 31 days
  5. 10,386 ha Barra do Garças fire, October 2025 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 10,314 ha in total · 7 days
  6. 5,479 ha Barra do Garças fire, 29 September 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,460 ha in total · 9 days
  7. 9,585 ha Barra do Garças fire, 4 September 2025 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 9,604 ha in total · 15 days
  8. 3,216 ha Barra do Garças fire, 29 August 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,198 ha in total · 11 days
  9. 26,196 ha Barra do Garças fire, 26 August 2025 where it started 2.9% of the municipality · 27,081 ha in total · 22 days
  10. 4,258 ha Barra do Garças fire, 22 August 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,439 ha in total · 13 days
  11. 1,175 ha Barra do Garças fire, September 2024 where it started 0.1% of the municipality · 12,376 ha in total · 16 days
  12. 1,915 ha Barra do Garças fire, 21 August 2024 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,790 ha in total · 7 days
  13. 34,764 ha Barra do Garças fire, 20 August 2024 where it started 3.8% of the municipality · 34,750 ha in total · 22 days
  14. 3,124 ha Barra do Garças fire, 19 August 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,105 ha in total · 16 days
  15. 6,098 ha Barra do Garças fire, 18 August 2024 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 6,063 ha in total · 16 days
  16. 12,089 ha Barra do Garças fire, 13 August 2024 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 12,665 ha in total · 19 days
  17. 4,994 ha Barra do Garças fire, 10 August 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,969 ha in total · 7 days
  18. 8,355 ha Barra do Garças fire, 7 August 2024 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 8,310 ha in total · 17 days
  19. 13,954 ha Barra do Garças fire, 7 August 2024 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 13,874 ha in total · 8 days
  20. 6,338 ha Barra do Garças fire, 22 August 2022 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 6,755 ha in total · 13 days
  21. 44,429 ha Barra do Garças fire, 16 August 2022 where it started 4.9% of the municipality · 44,194 ha in total · 24 days
  22. 3,880 ha Barra do Garças fire, 14 August 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,856 ha in total · 14 days
  23. 4,350 ha Barra do Garças fire, 12 August 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,324 ha in total · 13 days
  24. 14,495 ha Barra do Garças fire, September 2021 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 14,406 ha in total · 14 days
  25. 5,028 ha General Carneiro fire, 16 September 2021 0.6% of the municipality · 19,940 ha in total · 11 days
  26. 5 ha Nova Xavantina fire, September 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 3,165 ha in total · 5 days
  27. 3,032 ha Barra do Garças fire, 30 August 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,632 ha in total · 3 days
  28. 16,956 ha Novo São Joaquim fire, August 2021 1.9% of the municipality · 16,982 ha in total · 14 days
  29. 7,785 ha Barra do Garças fire, 23 August 2021 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 7,739 ha in total · 7 days
  30. 3,710 ha Barra do Garças fire, 20 August 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,690 ha in total · 10 days
  31. 8,513 ha Barra do Garças fire, 20 August 2021 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 8,470 ha in total · 10 days
  32. 5,424 ha Barra do Garças fire, 18 August 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,456 ha in total · 9 days
  33. 7,651 ha Barra do Garças fire, 15 August 2021 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 7,603 ha in total · 15 days
  34. 12,272 ha Barra do Garças fire, September 2020 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 24,278 ha in total · 9 days
  35. 958 ha General Carneiro fire, 1 September 2020 0.1% of the municipality · 7,914 ha in total · 11 days
  36. 14,860 ha Barra do Garças fire, 30 August 2020 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 14,771 ha in total · 16 days
  37. 4,474 ha Barra do Garças fire, 29 August 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,293 ha in total · 8 days
  38. 34,535 ha Barra do Garças fire, 28 August 2020 where it started 3.8% of the municipality · 34,357 ha in total · 22 days
  39. 28,944 ha Barra do Garças fire, 27 August 2020 where it started 3.2% of the municipality · 28,736 ha in total · 12 days
  40. 4,040 ha Barra do Garças fire, 27 August 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,015 ha in total · 6 days
  41. 8,319 ha General Carneiro fire, 15 September 2019 0.9% of the municipality · 9,851 ha in total · 8 days
  42. 6,360 ha Barra do Garças fire, 5 September 2019 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 6,344 ha in total · 7 days
  43. 10,359 ha Barra do Garças fire, 3 September 2019 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 10,367 ha in total · 9 days
  44. 97 ha Barra do Garças fire, 2 September 2019 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 9,319 ha in total · 9 days
  45. 6,537 ha Barra do Garças fire, 1 September 2019 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 6,500 ha in total · 16 days
  46. 46,041 ha Barra do Garças fire, August 2019 where it started 5.0% of the municipality · 48,852 ha in total · 32 days
  47. 4,895 ha Barra do Garças fire, September 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,867 ha in total · 8 days
  48. 3,585 ha General Carneiro fire, September 2018 0.4% of the municipality · 9,512 ha in total · 8 days
  49. 10,786 ha Barra do Garças fire, August 2018 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 10,731 ha in total · 16 days
  50. 2,249 ha Nova Xavantina fire, October 2017 0.2% of the municipality · 10,049 ha in total · 7 days
  51. 5,072 ha Barra do Garças fire, 6 October 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,341 ha in total · 12 days
  52. 6,710 ha Barra do Garças fire, 6 October 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 6,669 ha in total · 12 days
  53. 12,400 ha Barra do Garças fire, 11 September 2017 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 12,330 ha in total · 14 days
  54. 5,362 ha Barra do Garças fire, 6 September 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,337 ha in total · 9 days
  55. 15,961 ha Barra do Garças fire, 3 September 2017 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 19,089 ha in total · 19 days
  56. 13,726 ha Barra do Garças fire, 2 September 2017 where it started 1.5% of the municipality · 13,622 ha in total · 11 days
  57. 33,171 ha Barra do Garças fire, 31 August 2017 where it started 3.6% of the municipality · 32,992 ha in total · 20 days
  58. 6,223 ha Barra do Garças fire, 31 August 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 6,188 ha in total · 10 days
  59. 4,188 ha Barra do Garças fire, 26 August 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,173 ha in total · 12 days
  60. 30,702 ha Barra do Garças fire, 8 September 2016 where it started 3.4% of the municipality · 30,484 ha in total · 11 days
  61. 14,178 ha Barra do Garças fire, 7 September 2016 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 14,094 ha in total · 12 days
  62. 26,519 ha Barra do Garças fire, 26 July 2016 where it started 2.9% of the municipality · 26,485 ha in total · 20 days
  63. 3,887 ha Barra do Garças fire, 12 July 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,048 ha in total · 6 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 Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), 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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