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Parishes that have burned most often in Latvia

Parishes of Latvia with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 6. With two or more: 1. Top of the list is Ādažu pag., which has burned 3 times in 2 years, with 430 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Ādažu pag.Ādažu novads3×2 years · 430 ha
  2. 2Valdgales pag.Talsu novads1×1 year · 1,282 ha
  3. 3Sējas pag.Saulkrastu novads1×1 year · 611 ha
  4. 4Ramatas pag.Valmieras novads1×1 year · 252 ha
  5. 5Puzes pag.Ventspils novads1×1 year · 196 ha
  6. 6Lēdurgas pag.Siguldas novads1×1 year · 162 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Valdgales pag.Talsu novads1,282 ha1× · 6.3 %
  2. 2Sējas pag.Saulkrastu novads611 ha1× · 2.7 %
  3. 3Ādažu pag.Ādažu novads430 ha3× · 2.7 %
  4. 4Ramatas pag.Valmieras novads252 ha1× · 1.5 %
  5. 5Puzes pag.Ventspils novads196 ha1× · 0.9 %
  6. 6Lēdurgas pag.Siguldas novads162 ha1× · 1.0 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Valdgales pag.Talsu novads6.3 %1,282 ha · 204 km²
  2. 2Sējas pag.Saulkrastu novads2.7 %611 ha · 230 km²
  3. 3Ādažu pag.Ādažu novads2.7 %430 ha · 162 km²
  4. 4Ramatas pag.Valmieras novads1.5 %252 ha · 170 km²
  5. 5Lēdurgas pag.Siguldas novads1.0 %162 ha · 162 km²
  6. 6Puzes pag.Ventspils novads0.9 %196 ha · 207 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.