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Wildfires in Orange Walk
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 2,540 km² of Orange Walk at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 732 km², ranking 2nd 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 2019, with 1,000 km² detected; the quietest was 2012, with 536 km². The 2021–2025 average is 11% 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 75% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 25 April 2015, with detections in 68 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 2,540 km² with at least one detection, 68% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 411 | 16% |
| 2 years | 406 | 16% |
| 3 to 5 years | 1,060 | 42% |
| 6 to 10 years | 643 | 25% |
| 11 years or more | 24 | 0.9% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 17.75, -88.75 and holds 49% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 536 | 727 |
| 2013 | 948 | 1,587 |
| 2014 | 665 | 1,014 |
| 2015 | 931 | 1,639 |
| 2016 | 747 | 1,255 |
| 2017 | 761 | 1,033 |
| 2018 | 618 | 809 |
| 2019 | 1,000 | 1,456 |
| 2020 | 631 | 898 |
| 2021 | 618 | 768 |
| 2022 | 636 | 757 |
| 2023 | 853 | 1,261 |
| 2024 | 660 | 883 |
| 2025 | 638 | 865 |
Other regions of Belize
- Cayo743 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
- Belize52 km
- Cayo55 km
- Corozal76 km
- Quintana Roo, Mexico111 km
- Stann Creek123 km
- Toledo166 km