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Wildfires in Cayo
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 2,730 km² of Cayo at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 743 km², ranking 1st of 6 regions of Belize.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2013, with 1,120 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 408 km². The 2021–2025 average is 14% lower than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
March, April and May together hold 83% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 16 May 2013, with detections in 138 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,730 km² with at least one detection, 59% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 634 | 23% |
| 2 years | 484 | 18% |
| 3 to 5 years | 914 | 33% |
| 6 to 10 years | 672 | 25% |
| 11 years or more | 28 | 1.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 17.25, -88.75 and holds 62% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 565 | 811 |
| 2013 | 1,120 | 1,895 |
| 2014 | 622 | 967 |
| 2015 | 866 | 1,359 |
| 2016 | 767 | 1,058 |
| 2017 | 777 | 1,019 |
| 2018 | 494 | 583 |
| 2019 | 918 | 1,435 |
| 2020 | 890 | 1,368 |
| 2021 | 470 | 564 |
| 2022 | 408 | 433 |
| 2023 | 906 | 1,383 |
| 2024 | 1,110 | 1,908 |
| 2025 | 482 | 562 |
Other regions of Belize
- Orange Walk732 km² in an average year
- Toledo615 km² in an average year
- Belize479 km² in an average year
- Corozal377 km² in an average year
- Stann Creek281 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby regions
- Orange Walk55 km
- Belize76 km
- Stann Creek76 km
- Toledo111 km
- Corozal123 km
- Quintana Roo, Mexico166 km