Given that rain is one of the main active agents in the process of water protection, it is extremely important to evaluate the response of the soil to different precipitation, both in terms of the volume precipitated and the duration and characteristic of the event. To this end, one of the most recommended methods for the transmission of heavy rainfall is the rainfall disaggregation method (DAEE-CETESB, 1980), which consists of obtaining transfers that relate the maximum 24-hour rainfall in pluviographs and 1-day rainfall in pluviometers and, subsequently, rainfall with shorter durations. In view of the above, this work aims to determine, by means of the rainfall disaggregation method, the projection of heavy rainfall for the Farinha river basin - MA and, by means of this projection, to quantify which rainfall intensities can generate erosive effects to the soil. The parameters of the IDF prescription were adjusted: K = 252.77; a = 843.42; b = 10, and; c = 0.742, which allowed generating a slope coefficient (R²), of 1.0, reflecting the quality of the adjustment.This projection of the protection of intense rainfall for the Farinha river basin - MA, allows a series of regionalized hydrological studies, such as: estimates of rainfall erosivity, studies of water and soil losses by simulated rains, quantification of the intensity of erosive processes resulting from water infiltration, drainage sizing, spillways, protection works, floods and floods among others.