Wildfires in Valongo
Valongo, Portugal: 8 fires with a page have entered 3 of its 4 freguesias since 2016, burning 845 hectares inside the region. The largest was Valongo in 16 October 2017, with 254 hectares inside the region. Fire danger today: low (FWI 8).
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
- 845ha
- Since 2016
- Of the region
- 12%
- 68 km²
- fires
- 8
- Since 2016
- municipalities with fire
- 3
- of 4
- Largest fire
- 254ha
- Valongo · 16 October 2017
- Inhabitants
- 86,144
- 9.8 ha burned per thousand inhabitants
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI at the region centre, from the Open-Meteo forecast- Fri 23 Low 17° · 44 % · 32 km/h
- Sat 24 Low 17° · 51 % · 28 km/h
- Sun 25 Low 18° · 74 % · 18 km/h
- Mon 26 Low 21° · 53 % · 23 km/h
- Tue 27 Low 21° · 63 % · 26 km/h
- Wed 28 Low 22° · 59 % · 22 km/h
- Thu 29 Low 22° · 53 % · 25 km/h
- Fri 30 Low 22° · 46 % · 19 km/h
Click a perimeter to see which fire it is
The municipalities that burned most
- União das Freguesias de Campo e Sobrado 6,727 inhabitants 441 ha · 14 %
- Valongo 25,883 inhabitants 357 ha · 15 %
- Alfena 14,439 inhabitants 48 ha · 4.3 %
What burns in the region
- Scrub and transitional woodland82 %
- Artificial surfaces6.1 %
- Broadleaved forest3.8 %
- Agricultural areas3.2 %
- Other natural land2.9 %
- Coniferous forest1.6 %
- Mixed forest0.8 %
Municipalities that burn again and again
Municipalities with two or more fires over 100 ha since 2016.
- 5×União das Freguesias de Campo e Sobrado441 ha
- 4×Valongo357 ha
- 2×Alfena48 ha
Largest recorded fires
- 254 haValongo16 October 2017 · 1 day of 375 ha in total
- 173 haValongo União das Freguesias de Campo e SobradoSeptember 2019 · 3 days
- 171 haSanto Tirso União das Freguesias de Campo e SobradoJuly 2020 · 3 days of 446 ha in total
- 159 haValongo União das Freguesias de Campo e SobradoSeptember 2016 · 1 day
- 64 haGondomar Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova9 August 2016 · 3 days of 790 ha in total
- 11 haAlfenaAugust 2022 · 3 days of 108 ha in total
- 7 haValongo Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova7 October 2017 · 1 day of 122 ha in total
- 5 haParedes RebordosaSeptember 2016 · 3 days of 231 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 11 | Alfena 11 ha |
| 2020 | 1 | 171 | Santo Tirso 171 ha |
| 2019 | 1 | 173 | Valongo 173 ha |
| 2017 | 2 | 261 | Valongo 254 ha |
| 2016 | 3 | 228 | Valongo 159 ha |
All fires in Valongo · 8
Newest first. The figure is the area inside the region; if the fire burned more outside, the total is shown.
- 11 haAlfenaAugust 2022 · 3 days of 108 ha in total
- 171 haSanto Tirso União das Freguesias de Campo e SobradoJuly 2020 · 3 days of 446 ha in total
- 173 haValongo União das Freguesias de Campo e SobradoSeptember 2019 · 3 days
- 254 haValongo16 October 2017 · 1 day of 375 ha in total
- 7 haValongo Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova7 October 2017 · 1 day of 122 ha in total
- 5 haParedes RebordosaSeptember 2016 · 3 days of 231 ha in total
- 159 haValongo União das Freguesias de Campo e SobradoSeptember 2016 · 1 day
- 64 haGondomar Fânzeres e São Pedro da Cova9 August 2016 · 3 days of 790 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).