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Wildfires in Mateiros

Mateiros, Brazil, has had 67 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 290,450 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 30% 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. Sun 25 Very low 32° · 49 % · 32 km/h
  2. Mon 26 Very low 27° · 76 % · 33 km/h
  3. Tue 27 Very low 30° · 62 % · 25 km/h
  4. Wed 28 Very low 30° · 60 % · 35 km/h
  5. Thu 29 Very low 31° · 58 % · 44 km/h
  6. Fri 30 Low 32° · 42 % · 36 km/h
  7. Sat 31 Low 32° · 46 % · 23 km/h
  8. Sun 1 Very low 32° · 50 % · 25 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

290,450
hectares burned
30 %
of its area
67
fires
9,716
km²

How many times has Mateiros burned?

Mateiros has burned 67 times since 2016, in 10 years: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Mateiros fire, 7 October 2026, with 3,538 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 4× 16
  2. 5× 17
  3.   18
  4. 5× 19
  5. 6× 20
  6. 3× 21
  7. 3× 22
  8. 4× 23
  9. 10× 24
  10. 9× 25
  11. 18× 26
67
fires
10
years with fire
290,450
cumulative ha
7 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 Brazil →

Fires that entered Mateiros

  1. 3,538 ha Mateiros fire, 7 October 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,515 ha in total · 3 days
  2. 3,355 ha Mateiros fire, 6 October 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,338 ha in total · 4 days
  3. 3,236 ha Mateiros fire, 18 September 2026 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,215 ha in total · 10 days
  4. 5,287 ha Mateiros fire, 18 September 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,257 ha in total · 7 days
  5. 4,623 ha Mateiros fire, 17 September 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,596 ha in total · 7 days
  6. 6,457 ha Mateiros fire, 13 September 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 6,422 ha in total · 13 days
  7. 3,199 ha Formosa do Rio Preto fire, 11 September 2026 0.3% of the municipality · 10,589 ha in total · 13 days
  8. 1,752 ha Formosa do Rio Preto fire, 8 September 2026 0.2% of the municipality · 14,262 ha in total · 12 days
  9. 3,497 ha Mateiros fire, 31 August 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,475 ha in total · 3 days
  10. 157 ha Barreiras do Piauí fire, 26 August 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 4,674 ha in total · 8 days
  11. 5,263 ha Mateiros fire, 24 August 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,234 ha in total · 5 days
  12. 603 ha Barreiras do Piauí fire, 6 August 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 10,573 ha in total · 9 days
  13. 5,162 ha Mateiros fire, 5 August 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,134 ha in total · 8 days
  14. 4,615 ha Mateiros fire, 1 August 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,588 ha in total · 5 days
  15. 6,464 ha Mateiros fire, July 2026 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 6,424 ha in total · 6 days
  16. 3,386 ha Mateiros fire, June 2026 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,363 ha in total · 6 days
  17. 3,549 ha Rio da Conceição fire, June 2026 0.4% of the municipality · 10,095 ha in total · 9 days
  18. 2,930 ha Ponte Alta do Tocantins fire, May 2026 0.3% of the municipality · 12,804 ha in total · 8 days
  19. 3,255 ha Mateiros fire, October 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,239 ha in total · 3 days
  20. 35,689 ha Mateiros fire, 26 September 2025 where it started 3.7% of the municipality · 35,443 ha in total · 11 days
  21. 3,148 ha Mateiros fire, 13 September 2025 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,129 ha in total · 6 days
  22. 8,477 ha Mateiros fire, 13 September 2025 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 8,423 ha in total · 8 days
  23. 2,093 ha Alto Parnaíba fire, 2 September 2025 0.2% of the municipality · 15,810 ha in total · 18 days
  24. 6,352 ha Mateiros fire, August 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,311 ha in total · 18 days
  25. 3,767 ha Mateiros fire, July 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,744 ha in total · 4 days
  26. 4,616 ha Mateiros fire, 20 June 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,581 ha in total · 7 days
  27. 3,580 ha Mateiros fire, 20 June 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,560 ha in total · 4 days
  28. 3,707 ha Formosa do Rio Preto fire, 28 September 2024 0.4% of the municipality · 7,945 ha in total · 7 days
  29. 3,088 ha Mateiros fire, 28 September 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,141 ha in total · 2 days
  30. 6,071 ha Mateiros fire, 28 September 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,029 ha in total · 6 days
  31. 3,980 ha Mateiros fire, 21 September 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,959 ha in total · 4 days
  32. 8,395 ha Mateiros fire, 1 September 2024 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 8,348 ha in total · 19 days
  33. 208 ha Barreiras do Piauí fire, September 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 3,722 ha in total · 22 days
  34. 4,907 ha Mateiros fire, 31 August 2024 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,873 ha in total · 8 days
  35. 3,634 ha Mateiros fire, 26 August 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,614 ha in total · 7 days
  36. 7,214 ha Mateiros fire, 23 August 2024 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 7,175 ha in total · 13 days
  37. 3,794 ha Mateiros fire, 15 August 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,917 ha in total · 7 days
  38. 5,188 ha Mateiros fire, 10 September 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,163 ha in total · 7 days
  39. 1,663 ha Alto Parnaíba fire, 10 September 2023 0.2% of the municipality · 3,728 ha in total · 10 days
  40. 1,514 ha Mateiros fire, 6 September 2023 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,878 ha in total · 6 days
  41. 4,854 ha Mateiros fire, June 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,824 ha in total · 9 days
  42. 5,049 ha Mateiros fire, September 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,016 ha in total · 12 days
  43. 296 ha Alto Parnaíba fire, 28 August 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 12,349 ha in total · 12 days
  44. 2,878 ha Rio da Conceição fire, June 2022 0.3% of the municipality · 3,982 ha in total · 10 days
  45. 3,668 ha Mateiros fire, 19 August 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,649 ha in total · 1 day
  46. 2 ha São Félix do Tocantins fire, August 2021 0.0% of the municipality · 3,883 ha in total · 9 days
  47. 3,101 ha Mateiros fire, 7 August 2021 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,079 ha in total · 3 days
  48. 3,665 ha Mateiros fire, 6 October 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,645 ha in total · 5 days
  49. 3,888 ha Mateiros fire, 2 October 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,867 ha in total · 3 days
  50. 9,274 ha Mateiros fire, 1 October 2020 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 9,223 ha in total · 7 days
  51. 8,249 ha Mateiros fire, 28 September 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 8,196 ha in total · 12 days
  52. 3,698 ha Mateiros fire, 10 September 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,679 ha in total · 4 days
  53. 3,168 ha Mateiros fire, August 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,146 ha in total · 9 days
  54. 7,272 ha Mateiros fire, September 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 7,254 ha in total · 16 days
  55. 940 ha Alto Parnaíba fire, 6 September 2019 0.1% of the municipality · 10,719 ha in total · 16 days
  56. 3,183 ha Mateiros fire, August 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,166 ha in total · 6 days
  57. 523 ha Ponte Alta do Tocantins fire, 6 August 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 3,488 ha in total · 6 days
  58. 3,936 ha Mateiros fire, July 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,911 ha in total · 3 days
  59. 5,231 ha Mateiros fire, 18 October 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,197 ha in total · 9 days
  60. 3,126 ha Mateiros fire, 10 October 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,109 ha in total · 13 days
  61. 666 ha Barreiras do Piauí fire, August 2017 0.1% of the municipality · 8,705 ha in total · 32 days
  62. 3,704 ha Mateiros fire, August 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,685 ha in total · 14 days
  63. 3,335 ha Mateiros fire, July 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,312 ha in total · 9 days
  64. 3,085 ha Mateiros fire, 10 September 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,066 ha in total · 2 days
  65. 3,203 ha Mateiros fire, 8 September 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,179 ha in total · 7 days
  66. 3,856 ha Mateiros fire, 7 September 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,830 ha in total · 8 days
  67. 5,182 ha Mateiros fire, July 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,153 ha in total · 17 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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