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Wildfires in Meta
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 51,390 km² of Meta at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 11,860 km², ranking 2nd 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 2018, with 14,730 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 8,560 km². The 2021–2025 average is 5.4% 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.
January, February and March together hold 69% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 26 February 2019, with detections in 789 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 51,390 km² with at least one detection, 55% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 12,890 | 25% |
| 2 years | 10,090 | 20% |
| 3 to 5 years | 20,790 | 40% |
| 6 to 10 years | 7,520 | 15% |
| 11 years or more | 99 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 3.75, -71.75 and holds 8.6% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 9,500 | 8,740 |
| 2013 | 10,670 | 9,932 |
| 2014 | 12,830 | 12,166 |
| 2015 | 8,560 | 7,992 |
| 2016 | 13,920 | 13,746 |
| 2017 | 11,670 | 11,176 |
| 2018 | 14,730 | 15,043 |
| 2019 | 11,310 | 11,042 |
| 2020 | 14,300 | 14,680 |
| 2021 | 11,280 | 10,853 |
| 2022 | 14,210 | 15,605 |
| 2023 | 9,780 | 9,458 |
| 2024 | 12,820 | 12,698 |
| 2025 | 10,380 | 9,832 |
Other regions of Colombia
- Vichada14,360 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
- 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.