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Wildfires in Norte de Santander
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 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 9,660 km² of Norte de Santander at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,700 km², ranking 12th 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 2,210 km² detected; the quietest was 2022, with 1,200 km². The 2021–2025 average is 21% 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 36% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 21 April 2021, with detections in 140 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 9,660 km² with at least one detection, 37% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,860 | 40% |
| 2 years | 2,250 | 23% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,840 | 29% |
| 6 to 10 years | 680 | 7.0% |
| 11 years or more | 22 | 0.2% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 8.25, -72.75 and holds 22% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,400 | 1,573 |
| 2013 | 1,560 | 1,734 |
| 2014 | 2,170 | 2,579 |
| 2015 | 2,070 | 2,387 |
| 2016 | 2,010 | 2,392 |
| 2017 | 1,230 | 1,503 |
| 2018 | 1,920 | 2,608 |
| 2019 | 2,210 | 3,101 |
| 2020 | 2,000 | 2,816 |
| 2021 | 1,860 | 2,973 |
| 2022 | 1,200 | 2,046 |
| 2023 | 1,590 | 2,718 |
| 2024 | 1,430 | 2,364 |
| 2025 | 1,210 | 1,821 |
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
- Tachira, Venezuela78 km
- Santander156 km
- Merida, Venezuela165 km
- Bolívar174 km
- Antioquia246 km
- Cesar247 km