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Wildfires in Cesar
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 06:21 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 16,310 km² of Cesar at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,680 km², ranking 7th 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 2019, with 4,930 km² detected; the quietest was 2017, with 1,950 km². The 2021–2025 average is 22% 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.
January, February and March together hold 72% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 February 2019, with detections in 304 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 16,310 km² with at least one detection, 51% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,440 | 27% |
| 2 years | 3,600 | 22% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,810 | 36% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,350 | 14% |
| 11 years or more | 98 | 0.6% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 10.25, -73.75 and holds 18% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,630 | 4,016 |
| 2013 | 3,850 | 4,340 |
| 2014 | 4,700 | 5,694 |
| 2015 | 4,210 | 5,027 |
| 2016 | 3,740 | 4,797 |
| 2017 | 1,950 | 2,044 |
| 2018 | 4,330 | 5,298 |
| 2019 | 4,930 | 6,426 |
| 2020 | 4,510 | 5,826 |
| 2021 | 3,480 | 4,077 |
| 2022 | 2,750 | 3,170 |
| 2023 | 3,950 | 4,995 |
| 2024 | 2,800 | 3,296 |
| 2025 | 2,680 | 3,217 |
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
- Magdalena54 km
- Atlántico122 km
- La Guajira155 km
- Sucre173 km
- Bolívar175 km
- Zulia, Venezuela225 km