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PT · Portugal · Vila Nova de Foz Côa · 310 inhabitants

Wildfires in Almendra

Almendra, Portugal, has had 3 fires with an official perimeter since 2017: 1,736 hectares burned inside its boundaries, 32% 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 23° · 41 % · 21 km/h
  2. Tue 27 Moderate 21° · 46 % · 25 km/h
  3. Wed 28 Moderate 21° · 45 % · 18 km/h
  4. Thu 29 Moderate 23° · 32 % · 16 km/h
  5. Fri 30 Moderate 21° · 36 % · 16 km/h
  6. Sat 31 Moderate 22° · 35 % · 20 km/h
  7. Sun 1 Moderate 22° · 36 % · 18 km/h
  8. Mon 2 Moderate 21° · 44 % · 19 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

1,736
hectares burned
32 %
of its area
3
fires
54
km²

How many times has Almendra burned?

Almendra has burned 3 times since 2016, in 2 years: 2017 and 2022. The most recent: Vila Nova de Foz Côa fire, July 2022, with 157 hectares inside the municipality.

  1.   16
  2. 2× 17
  3.   18
  4.   19
  5.   20
  6.   21
  7. 1× 22
  8.   23
  9.   24
  10.   25
  11.   26
3
fires
2
years with fire
1,736
cumulative ha
30 Jul 2022
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 Almendra

  1. 157 ha Vila Nova de Foz Côa fire, July 2022 where it started 2.9% of the municipality · 157 ha in total · 4 days
  2. 755 ha Vila Nova de Foz Côa fire, 26 August 2017 where it started 14% of the municipality · 754 ha in total · 2 days
  3. 823 ha Almendra fire, June 2017 where it started 15% of the municipality · 913 ha in total · 4 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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