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Wildfires in Gaúcha do Norte

Gaúcha do Norte, Brazil, has had 57 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 402,671 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 24% 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. Tue 27 Very low 31° · 55 % · 29 km/h
  2. Wed 28 Very low 30° · 61 % · 22 km/h
  3. Thu 29 Very low 30° · 66 % · 21 km/h
  4. Fri 30 Very low 31° · 65 % · 22 km/h
  5. Sat 31 Very low 31° · 66 % · 23 km/h
  6. Sun 1 Very low 31° · 73 % · 22 km/h
  7. Mon 2 Very low 32° · 61 % · 28 km/h
  8. Tue 3 Very low 33° · 54 % · 39 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

402,671
hectares burned
24 %
of its area
57
fires
17,045
km²

How many times has Gaúcha do Norte burned?

Gaúcha do Norte has burned 57 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Gaúcha do Norte fire, August 2026, with 2,782 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 15× 16
  2. 8× 17
  3. 1× 18
  4. 4× 19
  5. 10× 20
  6. 7× 21
  7. 4× 22
  8. 1× 23
  9. 5× 24
  10. 1× 25
  11. 1× 26
57
fires
11
years with fire
402,671
cumulative ha
5 Aug 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 Gaúcha do Norte

  1. 2,782 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, August 2026 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,031 ha in total · 19 days
  2. 10,616 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, September 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 10,554 ha in total · 15 days
  3. 8,031 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, October 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,983 ha in total · 6 days
  4. 22,307 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 14 September 2024 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 22,199 ha in total · 33 days
  5. 20,004 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 5 September 2024 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 19,920 ha in total · 32 days
  6. 1,056 ha Querência fire, September 2024 0.1% of the municipality · 4,044 ha in total · 6 days
  7. 1,588 ha Paranatinga fire, 1 September 2024 0.1% of the municipality · 4,999 ha in total · 11 days
  8. 3,148 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, October 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,132 ha in total · 14 days
  9. 3,469 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 6 September 2022 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,436 ha in total · 9 days
  10. 9,135 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 5 September 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 9,094 ha in total · 15 days
  11. 9,185 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, August 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 9,125 ha in total · 16 days
  12. 1,413 ha Querência fire, August 2022 0.1% of the municipality · 7,749 ha in total · 32 days
  13. 3,369 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 19 September 2021 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,346 ha in total · 12 days
  14. 4,495 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 12 September 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,456 ha in total · 11 days
  15. 6,621 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 10 September 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,567 ha in total · 7 days
  16. 7,845 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 24 August 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,799 ha in total · 19 days
  17. 4,513 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 17 August 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,491 ha in total · 11 days
  18. 10,327 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 13 August 2021 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 10,249 ha in total · 15 days
  19. 866 ha Paranatinga fire, 11 August 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 7,902 ha in total · 13 days
  20. 815 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 5 September 2020 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 5,487 ha in total · 15 days
  21. 20,447 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 4 September 2020 where it started 1.2% of the municipality · 20,324 ha in total · 17 days
  22. 3,850 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 4 September 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,855 ha in total · 17 days
  23. 17,342 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 1 September 2020 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 17,257 ha in total · 20 days
  24. 7,032 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 1 September 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,061 ha in total · 19 days
  25. 6,207 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 1 September 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,179 ha in total · 18 days
  26. 4,201 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 28 August 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,175 ha in total · 24 days
  27. 3,748 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 27 August 2020 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,723 ha in total · 12 days
  28. 33,786 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 26 August 2020 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 33,577 ha in total · 26 days
  29. 6,093 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, July 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,047 ha in total · 2 days
  30. 4 ha Canarana fire, 10 September 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 8,585 ha in total · 14 days
  31. 7,189 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, September 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,143 ha in total · 17 days
  32. 10 ha Paranatinga fire, 27 August 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 3,050 ha in total · 6 days
  33. 3,489 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, June 2019 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,475 ha in total · 4 days
  34. 12,526 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, September 2018 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 12,433 ha in total · 12 days
  35. 3,268 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, October 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,243 ha in total · 6 days
  36. 3,327 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 14 September 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,313 ha in total · 18 days
  37. 4,876 ha Paranatinga fire, 13 September 2017 0.3% of the municipality · 5,367 ha in total · 13 days
  38. 6,606 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 4 September 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,564 ha in total · 17 days
  39. 4,366 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 2 September 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,347 ha in total · 16 days
  40. 8,963 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 2 September 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 8,918 ha in total · 30 days
  41. 4,157 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 1 September 2017 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 4,137 ha in total · 12 days
  42. 699 ha Paranatinga fire, 19 August 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 15,308 ha in total · 19 days
  43. 6,974 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 12 September 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 6,914 ha in total · 11 days
  44. 5,632 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 10 September 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 5,665 ha in total · 5 days
  45. 4,603 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 6 September 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,576 ha in total · 8 days
  46. 3,799 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 6 September 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,781 ha in total · 8 days
  47. 4,377 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 6 September 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,341 ha in total · 7 days
  48. 115 ha Paranatinga fire, August 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 3,477 ha in total · 3 days
  49. 68 ha Querência fire, August 2016 0.0% of the municipality · 3,668 ha in total · 12 days
  50. 4,869 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 22 August 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 4,837 ha in total · 12 days
  51. 14,567 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 21 August 2016 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 14,481 ha in total · 28 days
  52. 3,964 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 9 August 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,949 ha in total · 19 days
  53. 3,900 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 31 July 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,871 ha in total · 5 days
  54. 16,766 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 27 July 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 16,662 ha in total · 38 days
  55. 10,734 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 22 July 2016 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 10,685 ha in total · 22 days
  56. 21,479 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 18 July 2016 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 26,042 ha in total · 50 days
  57. 7,056 ha Gaúcha do Norte fire, 16 July 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 7,003 ha in total · 18 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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