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Wildfires in Ribeirão Cascalheira

Ribeirão Cascalheira, Brazil, has had 73 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 742,093 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 65% 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. Sat 31 Very low 34° · 52 % · 24 km/h
  2. Sun 1 Very low 33° · 56 % · 19 km/h
  3. Mon 2 Very low 34° · 54 % · 25 km/h
  4. Tue 3 Very low 32° · 62 % · 26 km/h
  5. Wed 4 Very low 35° · 44 % · 31 km/h
  6. Thu 5 Very low 35° · 51 % · 27 km/h
  7. Fri 6 Low 35° · 48 % · 36 km/h
  8. Sat 7 Very low 34° · 48 % · 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

742,093
hectares burned
65 %
of its area
73
fires
11,424
km²

How many times has Ribeirão Cascalheira burned?

Ribeirão Cascalheira has burned 73 times since 2016, in 11 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Cocalinho fire, 19 September 2026, with 685 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 8× 16
  2. 14× 17
  3. 3× 18
  4. 10× 19
  5. 4× 20
  6. 6× 21
  7. 9× 22
  8. 2× 23
  9. 11× 24
  10. 1× 25
  11. 5× 26
73
fires
11
years with fire
742,093
cumulative ha
19 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 Ribeirão Cascalheira

  1. 685 ha Cocalinho fire, 19 September 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 11,348 ha in total · 16 days
  2. 27,194 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, September 2026 where it started 2.4% of the municipality · 26,986 ha in total · 18 days
  3. 47,934 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 20 August 2026 where it started 4.2% of the municipality · 52,070 ha in total · 42 days
  4. 6,944 ha Canarana fire, 14 August 2026 0.6% of the municipality · 15,829 ha in total · 21 days
  5. 7,185 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 14 August 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 7,131 ha in total · 12 days
  6. 25,016 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, August 2025 where it started 2.2% of the municipality · 24,982 ha in total · 30 days
  7. 5,182 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 1 October 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 5,149 ha in total · 5 days
  8. 27,271 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 1 October 2024 where it started 2.4% of the municipality · 27,152 ha in total · 6 days
  9. 12,809 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 24 September 2024 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 12,733 ha in total · 12 days
  10. 3,268 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 24 September 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,249 ha in total · 2 days
  11. 4,225 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 23 September 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,510 ha in total · 17 days
  12. 3,876 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 13 September 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,874 ha in total · 16 days
  13. 10,019 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 7 September 2024 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 9,969 ha in total · 18 days
  14. 2,099 ha Bom Jesus do Araguaia fire, September 2024 0.2% of the municipality · 7,444 ha in total · 7 days
  15. 27 ha Novo Santo Antônio fire, 1 September 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 95,147 ha in total · 35 days
  16. 3,860 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 30 August 2024 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,833 ha in total · 6 days
  17. 88,467 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 6 August 2024 where it started 7.7% of the municipality · 116,965 ha in total · 60 days
  18. 6,167 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, September 2023 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 6,591 ha in total · 13 days
  19. 6,358 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, August 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,308 ha in total · 14 days
  20. 3,160 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 27 September 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,136 ha in total · 8 days
  21. 3,692 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 25 September 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,672 ha in total · 5 days
  22. 3,409 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 19 September 2022 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,384 ha in total · 2 days
  23. 4,607 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 16 September 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,580 ha in total · 6 days
  24. 11,464 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 15 September 2022 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 11,394 ha in total · 4 days
  25. 3,975 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 15 September 2022 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,950 ha in total · 2 days
  26. 24,535 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 13 September 2022 where it started 2.2% of the municipality · 24,355 ha in total · 19 days
  27. 157 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 8 September 2022 where it started 0.0% of the municipality · 5,927 ha in total · 7 days
  28. 6,358 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, August 2022 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 6,327 ha in total · 21 days
  29. 4,410 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 15 September 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,390 ha in total · 11 days
  30. 5,974 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 8 September 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,940 ha in total · 3 days
  31. 5,945 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 5 September 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,906 ha in total · 3 days
  32. 1,116 ha Canarana fire, September 2021 0.1% of the municipality · 5,587 ha in total · 7 days
  33. 11,261 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 2 September 2021 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 11,185 ha in total · 10 days
  34. 26,466 ha Canarana fire, 8 August 2021 2.3% of the municipality · 33,917 ha in total · 29 days
  35. 5,644 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, October 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,603 ha in total · 5 days
  36. 8,585 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 30 September 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 8,544 ha in total · 9 days
  37. 3,546 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 8 September 2020 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,526 ha in total · 11 days
  38. 31,815 ha Canarana fire, September 2020 2.8% of the municipality · 31,942 ha in total · 21 days
  39. 3,032 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 15 September 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,011 ha in total · 5 days
  40. 3,243 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 14 September 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,218 ha in total · 12 days
  41. 1,918 ha Cocalinho fire, 14 September 2019 0.2% of the municipality · 3,279 ha in total · 12 days
  42. 22,758 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 12 September 2019 where it started 2.0% of the municipality · 22,629 ha in total · 5 days
  43. 3,822 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 7 September 2019 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,803 ha in total · 2 days
  44. 706 ha Bom Jesus do Araguaia fire, 30 August 2019 0.1% of the municipality · 3,068 ha in total · 4 days
  45. 3,614 ha Canarana fire, 26 August 2019 0.3% of the municipality · 12,916 ha in total · 15 days
  46. 19,615 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 25 August 2019 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 19,484 ha in total · 17 days
  47. 15,985 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 13 August 2019 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 15,863 ha in total · 19 days
  48. 5 ha Canarana fire, 27 July 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 5,421 ha in total · 8 days
  49. 3,493 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 4 September 2018 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,470 ha in total · 11 days
  50. 5,025 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 4 September 2018 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,988 ha in total · 10 days
  51. 18,813 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, August 2018 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 20,870 ha in total · 19 days
  52. 4,389 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 18 September 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,363 ha in total · 3 days
  53. 4,044 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 17 September 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,018 ha in total · 6 days
  54. 3,251 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 16 September 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,233 ha in total · 5 days
  55. 3,064 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 16 September 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,047 ha in total · 6 days
  56. 4,286 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 16 September 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,264 ha in total · 1 day
  57. 7,386 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 16 September 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 7,342 ha in total · 5 days
  58. 3,589 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 13 September 2017 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,568 ha in total · 4 days
  59. 6,004 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 13 September 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,970 ha in total · 4 days
  60. 7,563 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 12 September 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 7,510 ha in total · 16 days
  61. 12,485 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 3 September 2017 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 12,424 ha in total · 9 days
  62. 4,974 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 1 September 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,936 ha in total · 5 days
  63. 25,262 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, August 2017 where it started 2.2% of the municipality · 25,096 ha in total · 11 days
  64. 29,292 ha Canarana fire, August 2017 2.6% of the municipality · 32,120 ha in total · 25 days
  65. 4,993 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, June 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,968 ha in total · 16 days
  66. 1,431 ha Novo Santo Antônio fire, September 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 5,611 ha in total · 7 days
  67. 3,406 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 3 September 2016 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 3,385 ha in total · 5 days
  68. 4,475 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 1 September 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,450 ha in total · 7 days
  69. 1,304 ha Canarana fire, 16 August 2016 0.1% of the municipality · 3,071 ha in total · 13 days
  70. 10,485 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 14 August 2016 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 10,420 ha in total · 14 days
  71. 7,834 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 8 August 2016 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 7,842 ha in total · 26 days
  72. 27,602 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, 5 August 2016 where it started 2.4% of the municipality · 27,401 ha in total · 19 days
  73. 8,235 ha Ribeirão Cascalheira fire, July 2016 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 8,175 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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