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Wildfires in Amazonas
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 1,300 km² of Amazonas at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 168 km², ranking 29th of 33 regions of Colombia.
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 2016, with 239 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 87 km². The 2021–2025 average is 7.0% higher 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.
September, October and November together hold 45% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 7 January 2020, with detections in 25 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,300 km² with at least one detection, 21% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 759 | 58% |
| 2 years | 272 | 21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 239 | 18% |
| 6 to 10 years | 32 | 2.5% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -1.25, -72.75 and holds 14% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 149 | 130 |
| 2013 | 140 | 128 |
| 2014 | 132 | 122 |
| 2015 | 184 | 162 |
| 2016 | 239 | 221 |
| 2017 | 130 | 123 |
| 2018 | 152 | 133 |
| 2019 | 87 | 75 |
| 2020 | 239 | 224 |
| 2021 | 123 | 108 |
| 2022 | 232 | 208 |
| 2023 | 181 | 169 |
| 2024 | 206 | 211 |
| 2025 | 164 | 153 |
Other regions of Colombia
- Vichada14,360 km² in an average year
- Meta11,860 km² in an average year
- Bolívar4,810 km² in an average year
- Caquetá4,570 km² in an average year
- Casanare4,550 km² in an average year
- Antioquia3,970 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
- Caquetá324 km
- Vaupés393 km
- Guaviare393 km
- Putumayo400 km
- Sucumbíos, Ecuador458 km
- Orellana, Ecuador458 km