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Wildfires in Guarda

Guarda, Portugal: 24 fires with a page have entered 43 of its 45 freguesias since 2016, burning 33,406 hectares inside the region. The largest was Serra da Estrela in August 2022, with 9,869 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 12).

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
33,406ha
Since 2016
Of the region
45%
736 km²
fires
24
Since 2016
municipalities with fire
43
of 45
Largest fire
9,869ha
Serra da Estrela · August 2022
Inhabitants
37,454
891.9 ha burned per thousand inhabitants

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Mon 26 Moderate 20° · 35 % · 37 km/h
  2. Tue 27 Moderate 18° · 48 % · 30 km/h
  3. Wed 28 Moderate 20° · 38 % · 23 km/h
  4. Thu 29 Moderate 20° · 35 % · 28 km/h
  5. Fri 30 Moderate 20° · 37 % · 19 km/h
  6. Sat 31 Moderate 20° · 36 % · 27 km/h
  7. Sun 1 Moderate 19° · 41 % · 27 km/h
  8. Mon 2 Moderate 20° · 39 % · 23 km/h

Click a perimeter to see which fire it is

Hectares per year

1617181920212223242526

Which months burn

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Hectares burned inside the region by starting month, adding all years since 2016.

The municipalities that burned most

  1. Castanheira 3,742 ha · 1.5×
  2. Gonçalo 960 inhabitants 2,627 ha · 97 %
  3. Videmonte 388 inhabitants 2,355 ha · 44 %
  4. Valhelhas 303 inhabitants 1,940 ha · 96 %
  5. Fernão Joanes 186 inhabitants 1,677 ha · 67 %
  6. Jarmelo São Pedro 276 inhabitants 1,674 ha · 54 %
  7. Rochoso e Monte Margarida 214 inhabitants 1,641 ha · 69 %
  8. Adão 258 inhabitants 1,565 ha · 55 %
  9. Famalicão 1,552 ha · 97 %
  10. Vale da Amoreira 208 inhabitants 1,536 ha · 92 %
  11. Avelãs da Ribeira 142 inhabitants 1,091 ha · 96 %
  12. Vela 423 inhabitants 933 ha · 44 %

What burns in the region

  • Other natural land40 %
  • Scrub and transitional woodland27 %
  • Agricultural areas24 %
  • Coniferous forest4.4 %
  • Mixed forest3.9 %
  • Broadleaved forest1.1 %

Municipalities that burn again and again

Municipalities with two or more fires over 100 ha since 2016.

Largest recorded fires

Hectares inside the region; the fire may have burned more outside it.

Year by year

Yearfireshectares burnedLargest of the year
202621,516 Guarda 1,461 ha
202524,656 Guarda 2,809 ha
2022512,283 Serra da Estrela 9,869 ha
201917 Sabugal 7 ha
2018131 Guarda 31 ha
2017913,776 Guarda 4,093 ha
201641,136 Guarda 447 ha

All fires in Guarda · 24

Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.

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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