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Wildfires in Uruçuí

Uruçuí, Brazil, has had 68 large fires recorded by GWIS since 2016: 262,134 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 31% of its area. Fire danger today: high (FWI 29).

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 22 High 36° · 26 % · 46 km/h
  2. Fri 23 High 37° · 24 % · 44 km/h
  3. Sat 24 High 38° · 26 % · 51 km/h
  4. Sun 25 High 37° · 33 % · 34 km/h
  5. Mon 26 Moderate 36° · 36 % · 33 km/h
  6. Tue 27 Very low 34° · 42 % · 39 km/h
  7. Wed 28 Very low 33° · 46 % · 28 km/h
  8. Thu 29 Low 32° · 49 % · 44 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

262,134
hectares burned
31 %
of its area
68
fires
8,471
km²

Hectares per year

1617181920212223242526

Fires that entered Uruçuí

  1. 75 ha Sebastião Leal fire, October 2026 0.0% of the municipality · 6,111 ha in total · 9 days
  2. 1,212 ha Antônio Almeida fire, September 2026 0.1% of the municipality · 5,566 ha in total · 18 days
  3. 5,044 ha Uruçuí fire, 22 September 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,015 ha in total · 10 days
  4. 8,401 ha Uruçuí fire, 19 September 2026 where it started 1.0% of the municipality · 8,441 ha in total · 12 days
  5. 4,604 ha Uruçuí fire, 15 September 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,579 ha in total · 8 days
  6. 15,450 ha Uruçuí fire, 14 September 2026 where it started 1.8% of the municipality · 18,565 ha in total · 18 days
  7. 3,909 ha Uruçuí fire, 10 September 2026 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,886 ha in total · 12 days
  8. 6,715 ha Uruçuí fire, 30 August 2026 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 9,437 ha in total · 7 days
  9. 4,852 ha Uruçuí fire, 22 August 2026 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,823 ha in total · 11 days
  10. 3,634 ha Uruçuí fire, 10 October 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,610 ha in total · 4 days
  11. 4,243 ha Uruçuí fire, 10 October 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,218 ha in total · 4 days
  12. 3,324 ha Uruçuí fire, 4 October 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,302 ha in total · 2 days
  13. 5,268 ha Uruçuí fire, 27 September 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,233 ha in total · 5 days
  14. 11,143 ha Uruçuí fire, 15 September 2025 where it started 1.3% of the municipality · 11,074 ha in total · 15 days
  15. 5,382 ha Uruçuí fire, 12 September 2025 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,350 ha in total · 11 days
  16. 7,691 ha Uruçuí fire, 11 September 2025 where it started 0.9% of the municipality · 7,646 ha in total · 14 days
  17. 3,345 ha Uruçuí fire, 11 September 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,326 ha in total · 5 days
  18. 1,270 ha Uruçuí fire, 10 September 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,098 ha in total · 7 days
  19. 4,434 ha Uruçuí fire, 10 September 2025 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,410 ha in total · 15 days
  20. 1,694 ha Uruçuí fire, 7 September 2025 where it started 0.2% of the municipality · 3,082 ha in total · 6 days
  21. 6,339 ha Uruçuí fire, 6 September 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 6,299 ha in total · 10 days
  22. 40 ha Benedito Leite fire, September 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 5,889 ha in total · 11 days
  23. 6,944 ha Uruçuí fire, 4 September 2025 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 6,903 ha in total · 14 days
  24. 3,711 ha Uruçuí fire, 29 August 2025 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,690 ha in total · 6 days
  25. 33 ha Benedito Leite fire, 14 August 2025 0.0% of the municipality · 3,520 ha in total · 5 days
  26. 6,025 ha Uruçuí fire, 2 August 2025 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 5,990 ha in total · 9 days
  27. 644 ha Baixa Grande do Ribeiro fire, 21 September 2024 0.1% of the municipality · 6,430 ha in total · 6 days
  28. 4,638 ha Uruçuí fire, 16 September 2024 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,608 ha in total · 13 days
  29. 3,735 ha Uruçuí fire, 15 September 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,716 ha in total · 11 days
  30. 3,750 ha Uruçuí fire, 12 September 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,726 ha in total · 8 days
  31. 6,311 ha Uruçuí fire, 11 September 2024 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 6,276 ha in total · 6 days
  32. 3,242 ha Uruçuí fire, August 2024 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,134 ha in total · 4 days
  33. 396 ha São Félix de Balsas fire, 25 August 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 8,264 ha in total · 15 days
  34. 231 ha Sebastião Leal fire, May 2024 0.0% of the municipality · 3,736 ha in total · 4 days
  35. 5,039 ha Uruçuí fire, 15 September 2023 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 5,009 ha in total · 9 days
  36. 2,810 ha Uruçuí fire, 13 September 2023 where it started 0.3% of the municipality · 6,965 ha in total · 10 days
  37. 3,266 ha Uruçuí fire, 10 September 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,243 ha in total · 4 days
  38. 3,286 ha Uruçuí fire, August 2023 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,264 ha in total · 11 days
  39. 149 ha Sebastião Leal fire, 17 September 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 3,216 ha in total · 5 days
  40. 8,988 ha Uruçuí fire, September 2022 where it started 1.1% of the municipality · 8,928 ha in total · 13 days
  41. 392 ha Ribeiro Gonçalves fire, August 2022 0.0% of the municipality · 6,143 ha in total · 10 days
  42. 3,298 ha Uruçuí fire, 15 September 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,277 ha in total · 8 days
  43. 3,679 ha Uruçuí fire, 15 September 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,652 ha in total · 8 days
  44. 4,229 ha Uruçuí fire, 8 September 2021 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,203 ha in total · 6 days
  45. 3,783 ha Uruçuí fire, 4 September 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,921 ha in total · 15 days
  46. 1,837 ha Antônio Almeida fire, August 2021 0.2% of the municipality · 3,420 ha in total · 8 days
  47. 3,101 ha Uruçuí fire, 17 August 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,079 ha in total · 8 days
  48. 3,458 ha Uruçuí fire, 12 August 2021 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,477 ha in total · 4 days
  49. 961 ha Sebastião Leal fire, July 2021 0.1% of the municipality · 3,383 ha in total · 5 days
  50. 3,775 ha Uruçuí fire, October 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,751 ha in total · 4 days
  51. 3,794 ha Uruçuí fire, September 2020 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,772 ha in total · 6 days
  52. 625 ha Sebastião Leal fire, 13 September 2020 0.1% of the municipality · 3,064 ha in total · 7 days
  53. 3,715 ha Uruçuí fire, 21 September 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 4,815 ha in total · 5 days
  54. 3,340 ha Uruçuí fire, 16 September 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,321 ha in total · 7 days
  55. 641 ha Baixa Grande do Ribeiro fire, 11 September 2019 0.1% of the municipality · 3,337 ha in total · 3 days
  56. 5,814 ha Uruçuí fire, 23 August 2019 where it started 0.7% of the municipality · 5,779 ha in total · 24 days
  57. 3,146 ha Uruçuí fire, 13 August 2019 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,127 ha in total · 6 days
  58. 4,233 ha Uruçuí fire, October 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,207 ha in total · 5 days
  59. 4,311 ha Uruçuí fire, 24 August 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,287 ha in total · 7 days
  60. 4,381 ha Uruçuí fire, 21 August 2018 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 4,358 ha in total · 9 days
  61. 4,708 ha Uruçuí fire, October 2017 where it started 0.6% of the municipality · 4,675 ha in total · 4 days
  62. 3,861 ha Uruçuí fire, 21 September 2017 where it started 0.5% of the municipality · 3,841 ha in total · 10 days
  63. 3,645 ha Uruçuí fire, 13 September 2017 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,623 ha in total · 7 days
  64. 3 ha Benedito Leite fire, 10 September 2017 0.0% of the municipality · 6,276 ha in total · 12 days
  65. 2,215 ha Sebastião Leal fire, August 2017 0.3% of the municipality · 3,347 ha in total · 6 days
  66. 7,030 ha Uruçuí fire, August 2017 where it started 0.8% of the municipality · 6,980 ha in total · 7 days
  67. 3,839 ha Uruçuí fire, September 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,819 ha in total · 4 days
  68. 3,056 ha Uruçuí fire, July 2016 where it started 0.4% of the municipality · 3,037 ha in total · 8 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).