MapBiomas Fire Collection 5 presents the annual and monthly mapping of burned areas (fire scars) in Brazil from 1985 to 2024, including: (a) Annual burned area (b) Monthly burned area (c) Fire frequency (d) Cumulative burned area (e) Fire scar size (f) Year of last fire occurrence. Annual, cumulative, and frequency data are also available by land cover and land use classes from MapBiomas Collection Brazil Collection 10.1.
The mapping method is based on 30-meter spatial resolution Landsat satellite imagery processed with machine learning techniques. Access the method description for more information. ( ATBD - MapBiomas Fire method description ).
How to access maps and data
MapBiomas Fire Collection 5 maps and data are publicly and freely available through the following means:
1. MapBiomas Fire Platform: https://plataforma.brasil.mapbiomas.org/fogo
This platform offers an interactive map viewer and allows downloading of tables and charts organized by different territorial units such as biomes, states, and municipalities, as well as land tenure categories like protected areas, indigenous territories, rural settlements, and quilombola territories.
2. MapBiomas Fire Toolkit
To download Collection 5 maps via Google Earth Engine access through the link..Pixel value definitions for each sub-product are available via the Legend Code, accessible through the link.
3. Map Assets on Google Earth Engine (ID)
GeoTIFF Maps
One map per year for the entire territory of Brazil. For other years, simply replace the year in the URL.
5. Plugin Qgis:
MapBiomas Fire map collections are directly available in QGIS via the Plugin.
Instructions to install and use the MapBiomas Fire Plugin:
QGIS: Plugins > Manage and Install Plugins > 🔎MapBiomas Fogo
Citation
“MapBiomas – MapBiomas Fire Collection 4, accessed on [date] from: [LINK]”.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58053/MapBiomas/DREUES
Annual Fire Report (RAF) – 2024 Edition
On June 24, 2025, MapBiomas launched Collection 4 of MapBiomas Fire and released the first Annual Fire Report (RAF) in BrazilOn June 24, 2025, MapBiomas launched Collection 4 of MapBiomas Fire and released the first Annual Fire Report (RAF) in Brazil. The RAF provides consolidated data on spatial and temporal fire patterns across Brazil's biomes and other territorial categories between 1985 and 2024, including the main affected land cover/use classes and fire frequency across the national territory. clicking the link.
Highlights | MapBiomas Fogo Coleção 4
Highlights from Collection 4 data can be accessed by clicking the link. clicking the link
Infográficos | MapBiomas Fogo Coleção 4
Infographics from Collection 4 can be accessed by clicking the link
Contact
Questions, suggestions, or contributions can be sent to:
contato@mapbiomas.org