Wildfires in Abrantes
Abrantes, Portugal: 9 fires with a page have entered 9 of its 13 freguesias since 2016, burning 7,660 hectares inside the region. The largest was Abrantes in August 2017, with 4,085 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 16).
Only fires of 100 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.
- hectares burned
- 7,660ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 11%
- 676 km²
- fires
- 9
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 9
- of 13
- Largest fire
- 4,085ha
- Abrantes · August 2017
- Inhabitants
- 33,805
- 226.6 ha burned per thousand inhabitants
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Sat 24 Moderate 22° · 34 % · 30 km/h
- Sun 25 Moderate 22° · 53 % · 34 km/h
- Mon 26 Moderate 26° · 34 % · 26 km/h
- Tue 27 Moderate 22° · 57 % · 23 km/h
- Wed 28 Moderate 24° · 41 % · 23 km/h
- Thu 29 Moderate 24° · 38 % · 25 km/h
- Fri 30 Moderate 26° · 29 % · 28 km/h
- Sat 31 Moderate 26° · 35 % · 28 km/h
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The municipalities that burned most
- Aldeia do Mato e Souto 676 inhabitants 2,223 ha · 50 %
- Abrantes (São Vicente e São João) e Alferrarede 16,124 inhabitants 1,591 ha · 25 %
- Mouriscas 1,481 inhabitants 1,112 ha · 32 %
- Carvalhal 856 ha · 49 %
- Rio de Moinhos 952 inhabitants 669 ha · 33 %
- Fontes 469 inhabitants 575 ha · 20 %
- Martinchel 488 inhabitants 371 ha · 21 %
- Tramagal 2,837 inhabitants 253 ha · 10 %
- São Miguel do Rio Torto e Rossio ao Sul do Tejo 4,107 inhabitants 11 ha · 0.2 %
What burns in the region
- Scrub and transitional woodland63 %
- Agricultural areas12 %
- Coniferous forest9.6 %
- Broadleaved forest8.6 %
- Mixed forest1.9 %
- Other natural land1.9 %
- Other land cover1.4 %
- Sclerophyllous scrub0.8 %
- Artificial surfaces0.7 %
Municipalities that burn again and again
Municipalities with two or more fires over 100 ha since 2016.
- 4×Fontes575 ha
- 3×Carvalhal856 ha
- 2×Aldeia do Mato e Souto2,223 ha
- 2×Abrantes (São Vicente e São João) e Alferrarede1,591 ha
- 2×Mouriscas1,112 ha
- 2×Tramagal253 ha
Largest recorded fires
- 4,085 haAbrantes Abrantes (São Vicente e São João) e AlferraredeAugust 2017 · 5 days
- 1,268 haAbrantes CarvalhalAugust 2016 · 3 days of 2,185 ha in total
- 907 haFerreira do Zêzere Nossa Senhora do PrantoAugust 2017 · 9 days of 25,305 ha in total
- 371 haTomar MartinchelAugust 2019 · 1 day
- 278 haSanta Marta de Penaguião FontesAugust 2022 · 2 days
- 276 haAbrantes MouriscasAugust 2026 · 1 day of 306 ha in total
- 212 haAbrantes FontesJuly 2020 · 1 day
- 157 haTramagalJuly 2017 · 1 day
Hectares inside the region; the fire may have burned more outside it.
Year by year
All fires in Abrantes · 9
Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.
- 276 haAbrantes MouriscasAugust 2026 · 1 day of 306 ha in total
- 278 haSanta Marta de Penaguião FontesAugust 2022 · 2 days
- 106 haAbrantes TramagalJuly 2022 · 2 days
- 212 haAbrantes FontesJuly 2020 · 1 day
- 371 haTomar MartinchelAugust 2019 · 1 day
- 907 haFerreira do Zêzere Nossa Senhora do PrantoAugust 2017 · 9 days of 25,305 ha in total
- 4,085 haAbrantes Abrantes (São Vicente e São João) e AlferraredeAugust 2017 · 5 days
- 157 haTramagalJuly 2017 · 1 day
- 1,268 haAbrantes CarvalhalAugust 2016 · 3 days of 2,185 ha in total
Where this data comes from
Perimeters come from EFFIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0) and municipal boundaries from geoBoundaries/Wikipedia (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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