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Municipalities that have burned most often in Poland

Municipalities of Poland with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 13. With two or more: 2. Top of the list is gmina Goniądz, which has burned 2 times in 2 years, with 4,673 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1gmina GoniądzPodlaskie Voivodeship2×2 years · 4,673 ha
  2. 2gmina SztabinPodlaskie Voivodeship2×2 years · 237 ha
  3. 3gmina ŁukowaLublin Voivodeship1×1 year · 583 ha
  4. 4gmina JaświłyPodlaskie Voivodeship1×1 year · 556 ha
  5. 5gmina JózefówLublin Voivodeship1×1 year · 550 ha
  6. 6gmina OsiecznicaLower Silesian Voivodeship1×1 year · 272 ha
  7. 7gmina Krosno OdrzańskieLubusz Voivodeship1×1 year · 140 ha
  8. 8gmina StanisławówMasovian Voivodeship1×1 year · 116 ha
  9. 9gmina JeziorzanyLublin Voivodeship1×1 year · 106 ha
  10. 10gmina PoświętneMasovian Voivodeship1×1 year · 83 ha
  11. 11gmina TłuszczMasovian Voivodeship1×1 year · 46 ha
  12. 12gmina StrachówkaMasovian Voivodeship1×1 year · 45 ha
  13. 13gmina MichówLublin Voivodeship1×1 year · 5 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1gmina GoniądzPodlaskie Voivodeship4,673 ha2× · 12 %
  2. 2gmina ŁukowaLublin Voivodeship583 ha1× · 3.9 %
  3. 3gmina JaświłyPodlaskie Voivodeship556 ha1× · 3.2 %
  4. 4gmina JózefówLublin Voivodeship550 ha1× · 4.4 %
  5. 5gmina OsiecznicaLower Silesian Voivodeship272 ha1× · 0.6 %
  6. 6gmina SztabinPodlaskie Voivodeship237 ha2× · 0.7 %
  7. 7gmina Krosno OdrzańskieLubusz Voivodeship140 ha1× · 0.7 %
  8. 8gmina StanisławówMasovian Voivodeship116 ha1× · 1.1 %
  9. 9gmina JeziorzanyLublin Voivodeship106 ha1× · 1.6 %
  10. 10gmina PoświętneMasovian Voivodeship83 ha1× · 0.8 %
  11. 11gmina TłuszczMasovian Voivodeship46 ha1× · 0.5 %
  12. 12gmina StrachówkaMasovian Voivodeship45 ha1× · 0.4 %
  13. 13gmina MichówLublin Voivodeship5 ha1× · 0.0 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1gmina GoniądzPodlaskie Voivodeship12 %4,673 ha · 376 km²
  2. 2gmina JózefówLublin Voivodeship4.4 %550 ha · 126 km²
  3. 3gmina ŁukowaLublin Voivodeship3.9 %583 ha · 149 km²
  4. 4gmina JaświłyPodlaskie Voivodeship3.2 %556 ha · 175 km²
  5. 5gmina JeziorzanyLublin Voivodeship1.6 %106 ha · 66 km²
  6. 6gmina StanisławówMasovian Voivodeship1.1 %116 ha · 106 km²
  7. 7gmina PoświętneMasovian Voivodeship0.8 %83 ha · 104 km²
  8. 8gmina Krosno OdrzańskieLubusz Voivodeship0.7 %140 ha · 211 km²
  9. 9gmina SztabinPodlaskie Voivodeship0.7 %237 ha · 362 km²
  10. 10gmina OsiecznicaLower Silesian Voivodeship0.6 %272 ha · 437 km²
  11. 11gmina TłuszczMasovian Voivodeship0.5 %46 ha · 103 km²
  12. 12gmina StrachówkaMasovian Voivodeship0.4 %45 ha · 108 km²
  13. 13gmina MichówLublin Voivodeship0.0 %5 ha · 136 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.