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Wildfires in Antioquia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 17:25 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 24,300 km² of Antioquia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,970 km², ranking 6th 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 2015, with 5,530 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 1,690 km². The 2021–2025 average is 40% 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.
February, March and April together hold 71% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 24 March 2013, with detections in 390 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 24,300 km² with at least one detection, 32% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 10,860 | 45% |
| 2 years | 5,620 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,370 | 26% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,430 | 5.9% |
| 11 years or more | 14 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 7.25, -74.75 and holds 16% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4,460 | 4,276 |
| 2013 | 3,490 | 3,265 |
| 2014 | 4,800 | 4,663 |
| 2015 | 5,530 | 5,578 |
| 2016 | 5,400 | 5,530 |
| 2017 | 3,680 | 3,487 |
| 2018 | 4,150 | 3,966 |
| 2019 | 4,300 | 4,165 |
| 2020 | 5,480 | 5,651 |
| 2021 | 2,750 | 2,572 |
| 2022 | 2,410 | 2,210 |
| 2023 | 4,010 | 3,923 |
| 2024 | 3,400 | 3,247 |
| 2025 | 1,690 | 1,502 |
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
- Cesar3,680 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
- Santander110 km
- Córdoba123 km
- Caldas166 km
- Bolívar175 km
- Norte de Santander246 km
- Cundinamarca248 km