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Wildfires in Magdalena
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 08:31 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 15,900 km² of Magdalena at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 3,440 km², ranking 8th 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 2014, with 5,030 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 2,160 km². The 2021–2025 average is 33% 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 77% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 17 March 2014, with detections in 266 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 15,900 km² with at least one detection, 48% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 4,710 | 30% |
| 2 years | 3,630 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 5,450 | 34% |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,000 | 13% |
| 11 years or more | 108 | 0.7% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 10.25, -74.25 and holds 21% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,510 | 3,901 |
| 2013 | 3,840 | 4,524 |
| 2014 | 5,030 | 6,698 |
| 2015 | 4,340 | 5,442 |
| 2016 | 3,510 | 4,128 |
| 2017 | 2,170 | 2,219 |
| 2018 | 3,600 | 4,059 |
| 2019 | 4,340 | 5,179 |
| 2020 | 4,130 | 5,007 |
| 2021 | 2,500 | 2,775 |
| 2022 | 2,160 | 2,472 |
| 2023 | 3,470 | 4,248 |
| 2024 | 3,130 | 3,887 |
| 2025 | 2,380 | 2,704 |
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
- Cesar54 km
- Atlántico77 km
- Sucre122 km
- Bolívar166 km
- La Guajira198 km
- Norte de Santander276 km