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Although naturally happening, massive events are becoming more frequent and severe. In Portugal\u2019s mainland, many rural settlements are populated mainly by older people, and uninhabited houses are frequently poorly conserved. This combination leaves the Wildland\u2013Urban Interface (WUI) dangerously exposed to the fires. Pursuing the understanding of WUI areas, this study applies the Wildland\u2013Urban Interface Index (WUIX) assessment methodology to an area severely affected by the massive 2017 wildfire of Pedr\u00f3g\u00e3o Grande, Leiria, Portugal. The primary objective of this study was to compare the results from WUIX with the areas burned during the fire event. As a result, maps of WUI effect were generated, visually pointing to villages with higher severity compared to the others. A statistical analysis was performed in three villages from the region to validate the results by comparing the accuracy of the results obtained to the actual damages. The results point out a high correlation between the WUIX and the real scenario despite the apparent challenges in determining the variations in different types of fire effect. Finally, the WUIX results align with the data from the Pedr\u00f3g\u00e3o Grande wildfire, showing that some are promising in conjunction with other wildfire indicators.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/fire7030090","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,15]],"date-time":"2024-03-15T14:05:25Z","timestamp":1710511525000},"page":"90","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Assessing the Accuracy of the Wildland\u2013Urban Interface Index in Portuguese Rural Villages\u2019 Context: A Case Study of the 2017 Pedr\u00f3g\u00e3o Grande Wildfire"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1478-3638","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dener","family":"Silva","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"RISCO, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6454-7927","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tiago Miguel","family":"Ferreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Arts, Technology and Environment, School of Engineering, University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), Bristol BS16 1QY, UK"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1373-4540","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hugo","family":"Rodrigues","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"RISCO, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.5194\/ica-adv-4-16-2023","article-title":"Investigating Spatiotemporal Trends of Large Wildfires in California (1950\u20132020)","volume":"4","author":"Ostertag","year":"2023","journal-title":"Adv. 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