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Wildfires in Putumayo
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 8,890 km² of Putumayo at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,620 km², ranking 13th 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 2022, with 2,370 km² detected; the quietest was 2025, with 1,120 km². The 2021–2025 average is 12% 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 63% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 27 January 2016, with detections in 243 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 8,890 km² with at least one detection, 39% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,350 | 38% |
| 2 years | 2,110 | 24% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2,690 | 30% |
| 6 to 10 years | 730 | 8.2% |
| 11 years or more | 11 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 0.75, -75.75 and holds 27% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,550 | 1,505 |
| 2013 | 1,220 | 1,180 |
| 2014 | 1,440 | 1,384 |
| 2015 | 1,410 | 1,328 |
| 2016 | 1,670 | 1,817 |
| 2017 | 1,730 | 1,659 |
| 2018 | 2,140 | 2,183 |
| 2019 | 1,130 | 1,003 |
| 2020 | 2,260 | 2,161 |
| 2021 | 1,210 | 1,065 |
| 2022 | 2,370 | 2,420 |
| 2023 | 1,870 | 1,889 |
| 2024 | 1,580 | 1,510 |
| 2025 | 1,120 | 1,080 |
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
- Sucumbíos, Ecuador157 km
- Orellana, Ecuador157 km
- Caquetá175 km
- Nariño175 km
- Huila229 km
- Cauca248 km