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PT · Portugal · Castelo Branco · 511 inhabitants

Wildfires in Almaceda

Almaceda, Portugal, has had 2 fires with an official perimeter since 2017: 1,396 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 19% of its area. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 14).

Only fires of 100 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. Mon 26 Moderate 22° · 35 % · 27 km/h
  2. Tue 27 Moderate 20° · 49 % · 37 km/h
  3. Wed 28 Moderate 22° · 37 % · 22 km/h
  4. Thu 29 Moderate 22° · 37 % · 19 km/h
  5. Fri 30 Moderate 23° · 29 % · 14 km/h
  6. Sat 31 Moderate 22° · 34 % · 23 km/h
  7. Sun 1 Moderate 20° · 46 % · 40 km/h
  8. Mon 2 Moderate 20° · 45 % · 41 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

1,396
hectares burned
19 %
of its area
2
fires
72
km²

How many times has Almaceda burned?

Almaceda has burned 2 times since 2016, in 2 years: 2017 and 2025. The most recent: Arganil fire, August 2025, with 292 hectares inside the municipality.

  1.   16
  2. 1× 17
  3.   18
  4.   19
  5.   20
  6.   21
  7.   22
  8.   23
  9.   24
  10. 1× 25
  11.   26
2
fires
2
years with fire
1,396
cumulative ha
10 Aug 2025
most recent

Fires larger than 100 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 Portugal →

Fires that entered Almaceda

  1. 292 ha Arganil fire, August 2025 4.0% of the municipality · 68,190 ha in total · 15 days
  2. 1,105 ha Cambas fire, August 2017 15% of the municipality · 8,478 ha in total · 5 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters come from EFFIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0) and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/geoBoundaries, DG Territory (CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication). 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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