Wildfires in Ponta do Sol
Ponta do Sol, Portugal: 3 fires with a page have entered 2 of its 3 freguesias since 2016, burning 2,583 hectares inside the region. The largest was Canhas in August 2016, with 1,381 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 0).
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
- 2,583ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 94%
- 27 km²
- fires
- 3
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 2
- of 3
- Largest fire
- 1,381ha
- Canhas · August 2016
- Inhabitants
- 4,105
- 629.2 ha burned per thousand inhabitants
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Sat 31 Very low 20° · 67 % · 30 km/h
- Sun 1 Very low 18° · 89 % · 36 km/h
- Mon 2 Very low 18° · 82 % · 22 km/h
- Tue 3 Very low 19° · 65 % · 26 km/h
- Wed 4 Very low 20° · 68 % · 28 km/h
- Thu 5 Very low 18° · 84 % · 27 km/h
- Fri 6 Very low 19° · 75 % · 31 km/h
- Sat 7 Very low 20° · 79 % · 35 km/h
Click a perimeter to see which fire it is
The municipalities that burned most
- Ponta do Sol 3,597 inhabitants 1,890 ha · 69 %
- Canhas 693 ha · 41 %
What burns in the region
- Other natural land58 %
- Scrub and transitional woodland15 %
- Mixed forest12 %
- Broadleaved forest8.2 %
- Coniferous forest3.9 %
- Agricultural areas2.2 %
- Artificial surfaces0.8 %
Municipalities that burn again and again
Municipalities with two or more fires over 100 ha since 2016.
- 3×Ponta do Sol1,890 ha
- 2×Canhas693 ha
Largest recorded fires
- 1,381 haCanhasAugust 2016 · 6 days of 3,264 ha in total
- 999 haSerra de ÁguaAugust 2024 · 10 days of 6,003 ha in total
- 203 haTabuaSeptember 2017 · 5 days of 1,025 ha in total
Hectares inside the region; the fire may have burned more outside it.
Year by year
| Year | fires | hectares burned | Largest of the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 999 | Serra de Água 999 ha |
| 2017 | 1 | 203 | Tabua 203 ha |
| 2016 | 1 | 1,381 | Canhas 1,381 ha |
All fires in Ponta do Sol · 3
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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