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Wildfires in Rio Sono

Rio Sono, Brazil, has had 63 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 370,968 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 58% of its area. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 2).

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. Thu 29 Very low 32° · 60 % · 39 km/h
  2. Fri 30 Very low 32° · 58 % · 22 km/h
  3. Sat 31 Very low 33° · 51 % · 24 km/h
  4. Sun 1 Low 36° · 37 % · 21 km/h
  5. Mon 2 Moderate 36° · 40 % · 33 km/h
  6. Tue 3 Low 36° · 41 % · 35 km/h
  7. Wed 4 Low 36° · 42 % · 41 km/h
  8. Thu 5 Very low 34° · 49 % · 37 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

370,968
hectares burned
58 %
of its area
63
fires
6,393
km²

How many times has Rio Sono burned?

Rio Sono has burned 63 times since 2016, in 9 years: 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Rio Sono fire, October 2026, with 7,267 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 7× 16
  2. 8× 17
  3.   18
  4. 5× 19
  5. 9× 20
  6.   21
  7. 10× 22
  8. 2× 23
  9. 9× 24
  10. 9× 25
  11. 4× 26
63
fires
9
years with fire
370,968
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 Rio Sono

  1. 7,267 ha Rio Sono fire, October 2026 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 7,322 ha in total · 5 days
  2. 7,980 ha Lizarda fire, 8 September 2026 1.2% of the municipality · 10,550 ha in total · 14 days
  3. 5,604 ha Rio Sono fire, 16 August 2026 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 5,566 ha in total · 4 days
  4. 10,196 ha Rio Sono fire, 10 August 2026 where it started 1.6% of the municipality · 10,140 ha in total · 6 days
  5. 279 ha Lizarda fire, 23 October 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 14,656 ha in total · 8 days
  6. 3,394 ha Rio Sono fire, October 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,370 ha in total · 5 days
  7. 5,421 ha Rio Sono fire, 26 September 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,385 ha in total · 14 days
  8. 10,789 ha Rio Sono fire, 26 September 2025 where it started 1.7% of the municipality · 10,743 ha in total · 12 days
  9. 4,147 ha Rio Sono fire, 23 September 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,121 ha in total · 5 days
  10. 5,650 ha Rio Sono fire, 14 September 2025 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 5,613 ha in total · 5 days
  11. 7 ha Novo Acordo fire, September 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 7,001 ha in total · 9 days
  12. 3,522 ha Rio Sono fire, 1 September 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,498 ha in total · 13 days
  13. 1,596 ha Lizarda fire, August 2025 0.2% of the municipality · 6,995 ha in total · 13 days
  14. 4,733 ha Rio Sono fire, October 2024 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,698 ha in total · 3 days
  15. 4,513 ha Rio Sono fire, 6 September 2024 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,481 ha in total · 7 days
  16. 26,861 ha Rio Sono fire, 4 September 2024 where it started 4.2% of the municipality · 27,228 ha in total · 22 days
  17. 11,618 ha Rio Sono fire, 3 September 2024 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 11,542 ha in total · 11 days
  18. 4,246 ha Rio Sono fire, 1 September 2024 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,218 ha in total · 7 days
  19. 4,228 ha Rio Sono fire, 28 August 2024 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,200 ha in total · 4 days
  20. 9,258 ha Rio Sono fire, 19 August 2024 where it started 1.4% of the municipality · 10,167 ha in total · 18 days
  21. 35,745 ha Centenário fire, August 2024 5.6% of the municipality · 77,325 ha in total · 26 days
  22. 894 ha Lizarda fire, 4 August 2024 0.1% of the municipality · 23,543 ha in total · 30 days
  23. 4,742 ha Rio Sono fire, September 2023 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,713 ha in total · 15 days
  24. 5,732 ha Rio Sono fire, August 2023 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 5,694 ha in total · 13 days
  25. 4,056 ha Rio Sono fire, October 2022 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,029 ha in total · 6 days
  26. 3,408 ha Rio Sono fire, 27 September 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,385 ha in total · 10 days
  27. 3,451 ha Rio Sono fire, 25 September 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 7,624 ha in total · 10 days
  28. 5,938 ha Rio Sono fire, 29 August 2022 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 5,987 ha in total · 16 days
  29. 3,037 ha Rio Sono fire, 28 August 2022 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,019 ha in total · 3 days
  30. 279 ha Lizarda fire, 25 August 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 4,958 ha in total · 9 days
  31. 188 ha Lizarda fire, 24 August 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 9,400 ha in total · 8 days
  32. 0 ha Tocantínia fire, 13 August 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 9,011 ha in total · 21 days
  33. 329 ha Lizarda fire, 8 August 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 3,117 ha in total · 16 days
  34. 4,723 ha Rio Sono fire, July 2022 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,696 ha in total · 4 days
  35. 3,974 ha Rio Sono fire, 5 October 2020 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,948 ha in total · 6 days
  36. 3,297 ha Rio Sono fire, 2 October 2020 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,278 ha in total · 6 days
  37. 6,419 ha Rio Sono fire, 1 October 2020 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 7,181 ha in total · 8 days
  38. 6,270 ha Rio Sono fire, 24 September 2020 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 6,227 ha in total · 16 days
  39. 5,245 ha Rio Sono fire, 14 September 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 6,818 ha in total · 7 days
  40. 19,072 ha Rio Sono fire, 3 September 2020 where it started 3.0% of the municipality · 19,971 ha in total · 11 days
  41. 4,926 ha Rio Sono fire, 2 September 2020 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 4,895 ha in total · 17 days
  42. 4 ha Novo Acordo fire, 31 August 2020 0.0% of the municipality · 4,283 ha in total · 5 days
  43. 19,324 ha Rio Sono fire, August 2020 where it started 3.0% of the municipality · 72,342 ha in total · 32 days
  44. 4,590 ha Rio Sono fire, 23 September 2019 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,558 ha in total · 6 days
  45. 5 ha Tocantínia fire, 18 September 2019 0.0% of the municipality · 3,634 ha in total · 10 days
  46. 5,527 ha Rio Sono fire, 13 September 2019 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 5,491 ha in total · 8 days
  47. 8,200 ha Lizarda fire, 7 September 2019 1.3% of the municipality · 10,355 ha in total · 6 days
  48. 5,154 ha Rio Sono fire, 6 September 2019 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 5,123 ha in total · 5 days
  49. 432 ha Centenário fire, October 2017 0.1% of the municipality · 3,609 ha in total · 7 days
  50. 3,163 ha Rio Sono fire, 16 September 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,840 ha in total · 4 days
  51. 4,480 ha Rio Sono fire, 16 September 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,453 ha in total · 10 days
  52. 6,715 ha Rio Sono fire, 15 September 2017 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 6,672 ha in total · 6 days
  53. 16,132 ha Rio Sono fire, 12 September 2017 where it started 2.5% of the municipality · 16,040 ha in total · 11 days
  54. 6,503 ha Rio Sono fire, 10 September 2017 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 6,462 ha in total · 9 days
  55. 3,205 ha Rio Sono fire, 7 September 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,183 ha in total · 13 days
  56. 4,246 ha Rio Sono fire, July 2017 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,269 ha in total · 6 days
  57. 1,471 ha Rio Sono fire, 29 August 2016 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,627 ha in total · 11 days
  58. 3,202 ha Rio Sono fire, 29 August 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 5,269 ha in total · 8 days
  59. 4,189 ha Rio Sono fire, 23 August 2016 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 4,661 ha in total · 8 days
  60. 3,762 ha Rio Sono fire, 19 August 2016 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 3,736 ha in total · 5 days
  61. 7,707 ha Lizarda fire, 6 August 2016 1.2% of the municipality · 10,217 ha in total · 9 days
  62. 3,180 ha Rio Sono fire, 5 August 2016 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,159 ha in total · 7 days
  63. 6,740 ha Rio Sono fire, July 2016 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 6,696 ha in total · 7 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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